[ Yet again, it's probably the hundreds of years undercover work that keep him from laughing. There's a twitch in his eyebrows, and he slides a glance out of the corner of his eye at her, but otherwise - the hilarity of it hurting him is almost deafening in his own head. ]
I didn't have to, no. [ It was just easier that way, wasn't it? To keep tabs on her from up close like that? He Xuan has been indulging in his despair long before he wound up in this place, it seems, and here he is digging his hole deeper.
Anyway. He Xuan says we'll be fine, and Shi Qingxuan, who has never known a thing in her goddamn life, is reassured by that. She smiles.]
We will be.
[She'd really like for them to be. That's part of the whole reason she's here, though - to make sure that they are. (Why is he here? She really, really wants to know.)]
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I didn't have to, no. [ It was just easier that way, wasn't it? To keep tabs on her from up close like that? He Xuan has been indulging in his despair long before he wound up in this place, it seems, and here he is digging his hole deeper.
At least he has the shovel back. ] We'll be fine.
[ Will they? ]
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Anyway. He Xuan says we'll be fine, and Shi Qingxuan, who has never known a thing in her goddamn life, is reassured by that. She smiles.]
We will be.
[She'd really like for them to be. That's part of the whole reason she's here, though - to make sure that they are. (Why is he here? She really, really wants to know.)]