"Youngster, don't you have anything to say? Or were you just dozing off all this while? Are you looking down on us or something?"
Lucas lifted this head and glanced at the man who had called him out. He was a bit astonished by the behaviour, but held himself back from reacting too strongly to those words.
Seeing Lucas ignore him, the man became further enraged as he glared at Lucas.
"I'm talking to you, kid."
Apart from Callus, the other members of the original team were all in their late twenties and above. Callus was the youngest member but also the most talented, charismatic and sociable, which was why they had easily quit their jobs and followed him. However, this respect was only given to Callus who had earned it.
For people like Lucas, even though he was the same age as Callus, they treated him as a member of the younger generation and not on equal footing.