[As much as Dan Heng doesn't want to talk about The Shackling Prison, he gets the sinking feeling that me might have to. Even if it's not today, he'll have to talk about it with Blade eventually. It's an executioner's axe waiting to fall on his neck.
Instead of thinking about that, he listens to the story of Yingxing. That's a name that rings familiar, and it sounds like joy and grief in a very distant way. Like it's not his emotions, but someone else's memory of emotions. Hearing the name "High Cloud Quintet" gets the same emotional response. Given that Blade says Imbibitor Lunae had been part of the group, Dan Heng can imagine that the group had possibly been his closest friends.
He's a little surprised to hear that Blade had married someone. Or, at the very least, Yingxing got engaged. Maybe the person had been the previous Imbibitor Lunae, given the moon would be important to him, but he's not 100% certain.]
... Yes, you can continue.
[Dan Heng will listen without judgment or interruption. His focus is entirely on Blade.]
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Instead of thinking about that, he listens to the story of Yingxing. That's a name that rings familiar, and it sounds like joy and grief in a very distant way. Like it's not his emotions, but someone else's memory of emotions. Hearing the name "High Cloud Quintet" gets the same emotional response. Given that Blade says Imbibitor Lunae had been part of the group, Dan Heng can imagine that the group had possibly been his closest friends.
He's a little surprised to hear that Blade had married someone. Or, at the very least, Yingxing got engaged. Maybe the person had been the previous Imbibitor Lunae, given the moon would be important to him, but he's not 100% certain.]
... Yes, you can continue.
[Dan Heng will listen without judgment or interruption. His focus is entirely on Blade.]