Argue

"Yes! There is. Nobles don't like having duels with commoners because they don't like being compared to them on the same stage as equals," she said with a raised voice.

"Oh. So does that apply to us as well? Would you ever actually fight us, then?" He asked Lyra.

"That's not what I meant. I wasn't talking about us. I was talking about him and-" Lyra was about to explain herself but Marcus stopped her.

"You talked enough, Lyra. And here I thought that you were different," he said. "I think I need to go back." Marcus walked down the steps to leave the area.

Lyra turned to Leo with an apologetic face.

"You know that that wasn't what I meant," she said.

Leo shook his head. "This was bound to happen eventually. With the differences we had, the group we had was not going to work. I am surprised it even lasted," he said.

"What are you trying to say?" She asked him.