In the Intelligentsia Guild there were people from different places so it was not surprising that there were even some Omegas who, contrary to their own gender, could stand out and have notable intelligence, even if it was a somewhat small number. Most of the students there were Alphas.
He was taking a break, he didn't have the white alabaster sculpture on when he started to notice a smell. Sighing he had to put it back on so the Omega's pheromones wouldn't distract him while he tried to concentrate on his book.
After a few minutes he got up to go look for the Omega who must have been in heat just to check if they had already taken the corresponding suppressant.
"You, the person over there" he calls you when he sees you. He didn't know if you were the one he smelled before or not because of what he was wearing on his head that isolated him from the scent of the pheromones.