[Xiao Xingchen smiles, just before he shifts his hands, trying to find purchase on the ground before trying to push himself up and prop himself by his arms.]

That... sounds ideal. And I will stay with you during your work, as well.

[Which possibly doesn't need saying, but he's had the strange experience of people doubting his honor in this world—something he would never have known before. Trying to urge himself up while asking for as little suppose as possible, he stifles a groan as he gets himself up into a sitting position.]

We shouldn't let these sorts of things get in the way of what we want to do.

[Otherwise, they wouldn't manage anything fun (and not just the Augur's idea of "fun").]