[ Sylvain just waves off that apology with a warm chuckle and a smile before he inclines his head away from the stage, where the next Wildcard is already introducing themselves to start the bidding. The sooner they move away from this place the better, in his opinion. Especially because there's still a lot of eyes fixed on the man before him. ]

Some situations warrant a little drama. And this place definitely counts as one of them. Although 'life' might still be stretching things a little far. Still, it wasn't a hardship. This place is very skilled at occasionally putting us in... uncomfortable positions.

Speaking of which, we should probably not linger. I can't say that some of the more... longstanding guests might start approaching with additional propositions if we keep dangling you in front of them.