With Liam's presence, the party took on a whole new color and became even more lively.
The guests kept glancing in his group's direction, subtly monitoring how Liam interacted with his friends. When they saw him laughing alongside them — and the unknown lady in the gold dress, and Lucy, chatting with the group with ease — they found it surreal.
It was especially so because of Lucy's identity as an AGI. They had expected awkwardness, some uncanny quality that would mark her as different. Instead she laughed at the right moments and listened when others spoke and contributed to the conversation with the ease, as if she had been in rooms like this before.
As for the group, they continued their interaction without paying attention to the gazes directed at them.
