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Everyone in the room stared blankly at Justin after hearing the explanation. There wasn't a single person who didn't know exactly who the "right person" in the discussion was. Confirming their suspicions, Damian nodded and continued.

"In hindsight, it was a pretty crude plan. If anything had been delayed or any unforeseen variables had arisen, everything would have fallen apart. I'm just glad things worked out," he admitted.

"You seemed pretty relaxed for something so precarious. Deep down, you were confident, weren't you?" Justin asked with a grin.

"It wasn't so much confidence in my plan as it was trust that you would arrive in time," Damian replied.

Justin couldn't help but laugh at that.

"That's quite a roundabout way of saying you thought I'd move quickly to seize such a valuable territory," he said, amused by how Damian spun the situation.