# Inside the Gordons clan
Arthur and Brandon sat side by side, cultivating in Alec’s backyard; it had been really quiet ever since Alec left; even Agnes and Knight rarely came around now that he wasn’t around.
“Man, cultivation’s starting to feel like a drag these days, no matter what we do, we don’t seem to make any progress at all, it’s like we’re stuck,” Arthur complained, breaking from his stance and flopping onto the ground to stare up at the sky while squinting his eyes when the sun shone back at his pupils.
“I think the word you’re looking for is ‘bottleneck,’” Brandon replied, teasing him, not long after he finished speaking he had jerked aside as a stone whistled past his head which had been sent at him by Arthur who didn’t take much fun to Brandon making fun of him, fortunatel
