Stifling
Not long later, the Owlans issued a statement. It held all of what one might expect.
Lumina was lambasted as a divisive individual who hadn't understood the spirit of the debate. However, the worst sin was the fact that she had disparaged one of the participants without rhyme or reason.
Of course, the language was far more flowery than this, and the argumentation was actually quite excellent, Leonel just couldn't be bothered to get anything more than the cliff notes.
He touched his ears, a cold smile curling his lip.
His earlobe had been split in two, and it certainly wasn't his own doing. He hadn't reacted to it back then, or more accurately, he hadn't reacted to the sudden pain at all even when he registered it. When it came to Minerva's attack itself, his body couldn't have moved fast enough to get out of the way even if he wanted to.