[Well, you don't have to tell her twice! With a smile, she crosses back over to his side and tries to follow his gaze to whichever constellations he's looking at.]
Hmm...
[She still doesn't really recognize any of these stars, but He Xuan has the braincell here, so she's sure he will.]
[She just. Takes him by the hand to lead him over? With the walls appearing to not even be there, it's easier. Once they get there, even though they can't really see where it is, they'll stop just short of running into the wall. She feels around on it until she finds the button, then pulls his hand over it.]
[ Considering the fact that she hangs on and holds onto him all the time, He Xuan shouldn't react to this. But he can feel a tick, somewhere, that he immediately shoves down as she leads him off by the hand. He's silent, and tries to keep watch for the wall so they don't run into it.
At least she pulls up short, as his fingers trace the edges of the button. ]
Let's see... [ He turns halfway, keeping his hand there and watching things. A press of the button - the sky disappears, returning to normal. Another, it returns.
His eyes narrow again. Like he's found a puzzle he genuinely wants to figure out. ] ... I think we can affect it.
Maybe. If it's like that other room, and we can change it, then we don't necessarily have to use a control.
[ Because they could affect that with thoughts, gestures... he's learned that much. He lifts a hand up, gesture like one would have when holding up an object at the fingertips, and turns a bit.
We can. So, our stars... [ He Xuan moves it again, curious, until he can find something that looks familiar.
Unfortunately, it winds up literally being their stars that he spots, first, and what dim light there was starting to build in his eyes shutters away to the normal flatness again. ]
[ ... he's meant to be indulging in despair, isn't he? To be seeking out the emotions that the root cause sparks, even now that he's accomplished what he set out to do. How miserable an indulgence. ]
... you do know those ones. This looks like the sky in Zhongguo, so I think these are, actually, the stars we were born under.
[ It's true, at least. He doesn't look at her as he assesses the constellations above their heads, expression level as always - save for a tightness at his eyes, for a moment. ]
But here they are, however far away from Zhongguo we truly are - and so are we.
[Our stars... that makes her smile, because she's an idiot, and she is immediately distracted by the way he takes her wrist and guides her hand to trace out more of the dragon's shape.]
I see... I can almost imagine what the dragon must have looked like.
[ A sort of intimacy comes from this moment, the touch. He is deeply aware of it, and irritated by it, but doesn't comment or stop. ]
It's not hard to see, really - especially as the tail swoops, ends here. [ And he guides her so that she can track it, through the other stars that make up the constellation. ]
[ If he's going to do this, then he's going to goddamn commit to it. So, He Xuan suffers the wrong name being spoken yet again, and takes his other hand to place on her waist. Nudging her is easy enough, to guide her to another part of the sky. ]
The Purple Forbidden Enclosure is the center of the sky, and from there you can usually find the others if you know where to go from there. [ For the readers at home, this constellation includes Ursa Minor and a little of Ursa Major. ]
[He Xuan is having such a bad time. Shi Qingxuan is having a really good time, allowing him to turn her so that she can see the part of the sky he's pointing out. His hand on her waist is more relaxing than anything else.]
Right... That one there, that's the Crown Prince, isn't it? [Indicating the one of the stars.] And the Emperor, and...
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Hmm...
[She still doesn't really recognize any of these stars, but He Xuan has the braincell here, so she's sure he will.]
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None of these are ours. [ At least he's thoughtful, rather than annoyed. ]
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[It was fairly obvious because of the difference in technology, but this just confirms it.]
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[She just. Takes him by the hand to lead him over? With the walls appearing to not even be there, it's easier. Once they get there, even though they can't really see where it is, they'll stop just short of running into the wall. She feels around on it until she finds the button, then pulls his hand over it.]
This, right here. See?
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At least she pulls up short, as his fingers trace the edges of the button. ]
Let's see... [ He turns halfway, keeping his hand there and watching things. A press of the button - the sky disappears, returning to normal. Another, it returns.
His eyes narrow again. Like he's found a puzzle he genuinely wants to figure out. ] ... I think we can affect it.
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[Interesting! She wouldn't have figured it out on her own - it's enough just switching between normal planetarium and stellar immersion.]
I guess that would make sense, if it's anything like that other room with the illusions...
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[ Because they could affect that with thoughts, gestures... he's learned that much. He lifts a hand up, gesture like one would have when holding up an object at the fingertips, and turns a bit.
- oh, it moves! ]
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[Fascinating... Shi Qingxuan watches the projection of the stars as it moves. It's neat to see them at a different angle.]
We can look at anything we want, like this.
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We can. So, our stars... [ He Xuan moves it again, curious, until he can find something that looks familiar.
Unfortunately, it winds up literally being their stars that he spots, first, and what dim light there was starting to build in his eyes shutters away to the normal flatness again. ]
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Oh! Ming-xiong, I know those ones!
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... you do know those ones. This looks like the sky in Zhongguo, so I think these are, actually, the stars we were born under.
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[She glances over at his face and... oh. Is it just a trick of the low light, or...?]
...are you okay?
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[ It's true, at least. He doesn't look at her as he assesses the constellations above their heads, expression level as always - save for a tightness at his eyes, for a moment. ]
But here they are, however far away from Zhongguo we truly are - and so are we.
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Maybe we can find some other familiar constellations?
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Alright. And what ones do you think you know?
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That's... the Azure Dragon's heart, isn't it?
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[ Our stars. Terrible. He Xuan moves to stand closer to her, looking past her shoulder and reaching to take her wrist to move her tracing along. ]
There's the head - the horns - and the neck higher up.
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I see... I can almost imagine what the dragon must have looked like.
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It's not hard to see, really - especially as the tail swoops, ends here. [ And he guides her so that she can track it, through the other stars that make up the constellation. ]
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[She really should have stargazed more, back home! Oh, well. At least she has the chance to do it now.]
Which others do you recognize, Ming-xiong?
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The Purple Forbidden Enclosure is the center of the sky, and from there you can usually find the others if you know where to go from there. [ For the readers at home, this constellation includes Ursa Minor and a little of Ursa Major. ]
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Right... That one there, that's the Crown Prince, isn't it? [Indicating the one of the stars.] And the Emperor, and...
[...yeah no she didn't learn all the names.]
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[ The comment is almost amused, as he runs his fingers along her arm from her wrist, before letting go so that it's only her waist that he holds. ]
But at least you're right about some of them.
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Sometimes I forget just how blunt you are.
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