Rhys glares at Cody's profile, but can say very little. Cody's words are not particularly offensive, it is just the tone that makes it so, and it becomes petty to speak out against it, and then there is the fact that it would be out of character for him to suddenly defend Ve’s honor for such a small thing.
She doesn't need defending. From what he has seen, she is more than capable of defending herself. It is not that he feels like she is not worth the trouble because that could not be further from the truth, and he would love nothing more than tell Cody to shove his opinion up his ass, but the sad truth is that the more he stands up for Ve, the more attention he shows her or even if he just shows anything. It just puts Ve in unnecessary danger and will make her more of a target than she i
