( it's true - xingchen has experienced precisely none of the monstrosity so far. he has literally just been taking jiang wanyin (and various others) on their word that such a thing is occurring around him.
now that he has his answer, he's not sure whether to say 'how fortunate, then' or something more apologetic. he settles on, )
I see.
Thank you, my friend, for indulging the question. If there's anything you'd care to ask in return, it's only fair that I allow it.
( because there have been times, he thinks - pauses, both in their initial meeting and in these conversations since - in which various questions have gone unasked. some of those questions were xingchen's, but not all. )
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now that he has his answer, he's not sure whether to say 'how fortunate, then' or something more apologetic. he settles on, )
I see.
Thank you, my friend, for indulging the question. If there's anything you'd care to ask in return, it's only fair that I allow it.
( because there have been times, he thinks - pauses, both in their initial meeting and in these conversations since - in which various questions have gone unasked. some of those questions were xingchen's, but not all. )