Both Ari and Shay's heads snapped in his direction.
"What?" Shay's voice trembled. " What do you mean?"
Xasha chuckled when he saw her reaction. He turned to Ari, whose expression was just as incredulous. He smiled as his heart raced in his chest triumphantly.
He was worried when he heard Ari manifested a space-time affinity that she had no hope of ever cultivating. The narrative that she had no affinity was a lie, but the premise that she could never be a cultivator was true. She and Shay really were on the same boat.
Xasha knew that Ari had dreams to achieve that died with this news and became worried about how losing something so important would make her feel. Thus, he ran to the person he always did whenever he needed help; Mylyn.