Marcelo felt like the only person in the room entirely underwhelmed by the speech. He lagged behind people in applause, and his was much more subdued. The man with the odd voice speaking before Sebastian seemed to have wound the crowd up. The Brazilian had never heard a voice like that before, and he wasn't sure he would like to again.

He went from confused to slightly horrified at the change in Stephanie's demeanor. He turned toward her. "... you liked that?"