Same.
"Are you serious now?"
The Professor kept his argument on as he got to them. There was little he could do. They were very close to the apes to go back now.
"What if you bring any harm to the boy, what --"
"Just shut up for this period, would you?"
The skinny girl had snapped at him. He didn't know what else to do, but to walk to stand beside the Ella, Igen and Hulu. But then Ella turned to him again,
"Y'all old folks should step back. It's a new era."
Her face was stern and demanding. The Professor was looking at Igen's face probably there would be a string of fear lacing it, but shame, there was nothing as such. He tried to make the boy see sense.