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I think it's a bad idea that she's here in the first place.

For a moment there, everyone blinks and stares at you, completely taken by surprise by what you just said. "W…what?" Larry manages to stammer out, looking completely taken aback for the first time that you've known her. You sigh softly and say that the four of you were already a team, and now having a new element thrown in has sort of thrown everyone out of sync; maybe it would have been better if Larry hadn't come here in the first place, you propose. As everyone continues to stare at you, you resume eating your food quietly.

Jax is the first to speak up and says, "All right…that was awkward…maybe we should all just move on, huh? I mean…we all heard what Wendell Dumein just said, and maybe we can hear what Balogh has to say, huh?" Balogh glances at Jax and nods his head quickly. "Well…I'm all for having an extra member on the team. Gives us a bit of leeway so that we can plan things better and get a bigger number advantage. We just have to focus on creating a better team, which is what Dorn Wilton is right about, at least. Now that there's five of us, we have to work harder so that we can get the team's strength back to what it was before," he says, glancing at everyone.

Ami is quiet for a moment before she says, "I guess we can work with this, right?" and Larry nods her head quietly, still stunned by what you just said. Then Ami offers her hand to Larry, who takes it and gives it a quick shake before she glances at you. "Sorry about crashing the team's dynamics," she says softly, and you just nod your head, not wanting to say anything else for the time being.

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