[He chuckles at that. It doesn't sound half as deranged as usual.] Somehow that sounds like a threat. [Okay so maybe a little bit of him thrives off confrontation, but listen...]
Nonsense. Whether you're hatched from an egg or born in Boston, you're here in the modern day. Just having a desire to learn sets you apart from half the population at the very least, and you have a wealth of resources at your fingertips. You'll see.
[There's that confidence again.]
Light, is it? Mine is wind magic, but I suppose that's not a surprise.
[He might have said something else, but Dan Heng's smile completely sidetracks him, as does the tease.
I've treasured it for three lifetimes.
Despite only having the memories of the person who made it, despite only having touched it in this lifetime today... despite forging a whole other weapon under the assumption Dan Heng had no way of defending himself—
—Blade finds himself turning red. Really red. The heat rises to his cheeks in a way he'd normally associate with eating Sichuan food, and his fluffy dog ears advertise all of this with the way they pin against his hair again.]
That's...
[Once again he has to ask if this is flirting because he has no idea what flirting looks like??? Nor is he emotionally prepared to deal with the thought of his former fiance's reincarnation having feelings for him the same way he—god.
He should say something. He needs to say something before he passes out.]
W-well, [he mumbles, glancing off to the side,] there wouldn't be a Cloud-Piercer without someone like you to wield it, and there wouldn't be Skyshatter, either. I made them with you in mind.
[He straightens up.]
Anyway... I'll walk you to your car. It's getting dark earlier.
[LIKE DAN HENG NEEDS PROTECTION, and yet it's a surprisingly polite and normal thing to offer. As long as no one points it out.]
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Nonsense. Whether you're hatched from an egg or born in Boston, you're here in the modern day. Just having a desire to learn sets you apart from half the population at the very least, and you have a wealth of resources at your fingertips. You'll see.
[There's that confidence again.]
Light, is it? Mine is wind magic, but I suppose that's not a surprise.
[He might have said something else, but Dan Heng's smile completely sidetracks him, as does the tease.
I've treasured it for three lifetimes.
Despite only having the memories of the person who made it, despite only having touched it in this lifetime today... despite forging a whole other weapon under the assumption Dan Heng had no way of defending himself—
—Blade finds himself turning red. Really red. The heat rises to his cheeks in a way he'd normally associate with eating Sichuan food, and his fluffy dog ears advertise all of this with the way they pin against his hair again.]
That's...
[Once again he has to ask if this is flirting because he has no idea what flirting looks like??? Nor is he emotionally prepared to deal with the thought of his former fiance's reincarnation having feelings for him the same way he—god.
He should say something. He needs to say something before he passes out.]
W-well, [he mumbles, glancing off to the side,] there wouldn't be a Cloud-Piercer without someone like you to wield it, and there wouldn't be Skyshatter, either. I made them with you in mind.
[He straightens up.]
Anyway... I'll walk you to your car. It's getting dark earlier.
[LIKE DAN HENG NEEDS PROTECTION, and yet it's a surprisingly polite and normal thing to offer. As long as no one points it out.]