If you ask them, perhaps I will tell you - now that it's my choice to, and not someone else pulling the strings.

[ a hum of amusement, as he settles in with him, lazy and content almost. some sated predator that's finally at ease. it isn't necessarily an unusual sight for xie lian, but he's... well, there are fewer worries.

he'll go home soon. he has to. they all do. but just a little longer. ]

A few stories for the road, and something, perhaps, to change yours.