The atmosphere in the room remained thick with a lingering, pressurized heat that made the very air feel like a physical weight against the lungs. Quinn Wainright and Gordon Jordan stood paralyzed, their gazes darting between the young Sovereign and the "Witch of the Red Flame." For these men, life was a series of tactical calculations and resource management. They viewed the Metahuman World through a lens of cold efficiency, where power was measured in energy output and Tier levels. To them, the display of raw, poetic emotion they had just witnessed was not just confusing—it was an existential threat to the logic of their world.
Quinn Wainright, the Senior Proctor from the Azure Dragon Academy, was the first to attempt to reclaim the narrative. He adjusted his wire-framed glasses, his fa
