[For all intents and purposes, Shi Qingxuan's butt has been firmly planted in his seat ever since he spied the dark and morose figure of the one person he's missed most in the world for the past few months, his own brother notwithstanding. Numerous robots have been shooed away upon prompting him gently, if mechanically, to "switch spots". While the Wind Master understands the mechanics of speed dating in theory, the whole exercise has become entirely irrelevant now that he's united with his best friend. Everyone else can wait.
The empty plates between them are only a testament of the time gone by since he started blathering at the other man.]
Who cares about these questions? How about asking me how I've been?
[He preemptively shoved an approaching robotic waiter with a practiced hand.]
And then! And then the creature chased me all the way through the forest! Like it was hell bent on making me its bride! It was the worst thing, Ming-xiong! I thought I was going to die, my virtue destroyed too soon! And you weren't even there to help me!
[In a rare feat of self discipline--or perhaps merely self absorption in the moment--Shi Qingxuan's own drink remains untouched. The excitement bubbling in his throat at the sight of a dear familiar face has distracted him completely.]
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The empty plates between them are only a testament of the time gone by since he started blathering at the other man.]
Who cares about these questions? How about asking me how I've been?
[He preemptively shoved an approaching robotic waiter with a practiced hand.]
And then! And then the creature chased me all the way through the forest! Like it was hell bent on making me its bride! It was the worst thing, Ming-xiong! I thought I was going to die, my virtue destroyed too soon! And you weren't even there to help me!
[In a rare feat of self discipline--or perhaps merely self absorption in the moment--Shi Qingxuan's own drink remains untouched. The excitement bubbling in his throat at the sight of a dear familiar face has distracted him completely.]