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"This is Dan Heng. Please text rather than calling."

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Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

Do not sass me.

[There's still snow crunching underfoot, but the moon is bright above them, and a little ways in, Dan Feng reaches for Dan Heng's hand, to twine their fingers together, too.]

Have you ever gone moon-viewing before?

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[lifeban]

[handholding ///

hhhhesitates, but shakes his head.]

I haven't. But I do... have some memories, vaguely.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

[He starts running a thumb over Dan Heng's knuckles absently, realizes he's doing it, jerks to a stop, and runs into a low-hanging tree branch.]

That's fine. [He wills Dan Heng to not notice how moronic he's being.] We can make new memories together.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[lifeban]

[yeah so about that]

...Are you okay?

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

[NO I AM NOT OKAY WHEN HAVE I EVER BEEN OKAY I AM FEELING VERY WARM AND YOUR HAND IS WARM AND YOUR TAIL IS WARM AND LOOKING AT YOU FROM THE SIDE LIKE THIS I WANT TO BUNDLE YOU INTO MY ARMS AND TUCK YOU INTO MY POCKETS AND PRESS YOU INTO MY SCALES AND PUT MY MOUTH ON YOUR HORNS AND MY HANDS INTO YOUR VISCERA AND IS IT THAT HORRIBLE TO FIND YOUR OWN FACE ATTRACTIVE AND]

I'm all right. [He fights the branch. It is winning.] Give me a moment.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[lifeban]

Hold still.

[turning to face him more and hold. the branch still. creating a stationary opponent.]

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

[Dan Feng valiantly!!! Ducks under the branch!!! It has been defeated. Imbibitor Lunae has won.]

Is it too much to ask. For you to forget this ever happened.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[lifeban]

Absolutely.

[makes sure he's clear, then lets go of the branch.]

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

[Dan Feng resists the juvenile urge to break the branch off, and sways into Dan Heng instead, bumping their shoulders together.]

Did you know. [He has to recover his pride ok.] I am taller than you.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[lifeban]

[shouldernudge]

Only slightly.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

I have never had the chance, to compare, with someone of my own kind.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[lifeban]

...You don't mean Vidyadhara in general.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

No. [The lake can now be seen through the trees, the moon reflecting huge in the still waters.] There has only ever been one of us, on the Luofu. I have not seen the other High Elders in my lifetime, or what... was of it, and after what I had done, they would personally incinerate me on sight. [A pause.] When you return home, you should go see them. Caelorum Venti of the Yaoqing was the brood-sibling I was closest to.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[lifeban]

...I may be less unwelcome than yourself, but... I don't think it would go over well if I tried.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

I understand that you were exiled, but was that from all of Xianzhou?

[Today in He Does Not Know A Lot Of Things]

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[lifeban]

Very much so.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

I'm sorry.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[lifeban]

...Thank you.

[shoulderbunp.]

The lake looks nice.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

[Dan Feng brightens up significantly (for him, anyway) and starts walking faster, pulling Dan Heng along.]

Come. I found a spot sheltered by some trees, where they stop the wind, at this time.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[lifeban]

[tugged along, obedient (for once).]

Oh, good.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

[There's a bit of on the banks of the lake, crunching underfoot, but eventually Dan Feng leads them to the base of a large tree, whose roots formed a sort of cradle around the dry ground below.

He procures a fleece blanket from the bucket - it's hardly good quality, and the fibres are stiff (with a suspicious stain on a corner) - and spreads it on the ground.]

The alcohol from the game disappeared, so this is from town, but it wasn't very good alcohol anyway. There is no good alcohol on this planet.

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[lifeban]

That's to be expected, what with the rest, right?

[settling on the blanket, arranging himself so the blanket he himself brought is draped over his shoulders, then extending his arm outward like a matador. expectant. come cuddle.]

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

[Dan Feng gives him a look of .. . Surprise? Huh?]

Do you want... to sit together?

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[lifeban]

[tips his head just slightly.]

You don't?

Re: DAY 12 9PM

[eggshell]

[He'd had these before with Yingxing, but always with the wine between them; it was improper, no matter how much he wanted.]

I, um. [He scrambles to drape his own blankets on Dan Heng, then curls up against his side, so they're both under several layers of warmth, tails twined together, less man and more dragon.] Is this all right?