the look on his face is somewhere between "oh my god i want to know" and "i don't want to know at all" ]
Well - I suppose that's something to celebrate in and of itself, isn't it? Who says you have to say congratulations just when you've bowed three times and put on your red silks? A good connection's worth celebrating, too.
[ hmmm...gu yun looks him over for a moment, expression complicated. ]
You don't have to tell me, if you don't want to. [ with that furrowed brow look, anyway. ] But, do you think it's working so far? Since arriving here, that you have been?
Oh, yes. The trials. The murders...the chaos...ah, I can appreciate chaos, I can, but I will not appreciate it if it disrupts what I'm working hard on.
and then winks! ] Classified. [ fufu. ] Can't go sharing all of my mysteries at our first drink, can I?
[ but, after a beat, he amends it more seriously with: ] I'll tell you this, since you told me some of yours, too - if yours is about seeing your capabilities of something more, then mine is about seeing what I can do for something very important to me.
As for the finer details... We ought to learn those things about each other, yes? I'd like to.
[ the first part gets an agreeing hum, a bit teasing. ]
Well! That's very kind of you. I think you're fascinating, too. [ gu yun sips his wine, pleased, too. ] I think that's one of the most interesting parts about this place - I'm fairly well traveled, but I've rarely met a more fascinating group of people.
[ a beat. ] Well, some are fascinating in different ways than others, but, still.
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the look on his face is somewhere between "oh my god i want to know" and "i don't want to know at all" ]
Well - I suppose that's something to celebrate in and of itself, isn't it? Who says you have to say congratulations just when you've bowed three times and put on your red silks? A good connection's worth celebrating, too.
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[There's a strange look on their face at that?]
Well, I came here for connections, so...yes. I suppose it is worth celebrating.
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Or in general?
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[Their brows furrow.]
Ah, its complicated. I am simply seeing if I am...if I am capable of something more.
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You don't have to tell me, if you don't want to. [ with that furrowed brow look, anyway. ] But, do you think it's working so far? Since arriving here, that you have been?
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[And they drink.]
That yearning, sad feeling that its supposed to be... [And they trail off.] Mm, but I have learned that holding hands feels better than expected.
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That's a start. [ haha! he lifts his glass. ] Cheers to that, hm?
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[And a raise of the glass.]
Kanpai!
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Ganbei. [ clink! he will drink to that. ]
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Mmm. But anyways...one will hope all of this won't get in the way of that wish of mine.
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[ gu yun, a man who never thinks there's enough chaos in the world, ]
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Ahaha. You like yourself a little chaos, Gu Yun? You seem like that type of man.
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[ fufu. he sips at his drink. ] Like you said - so long as it doesn't interfere with my wish.
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and then winks! ] Classified. [ fufu. ] Can't go sharing all of my mysteries at our first drink, can I?
[ but, after a beat, he amends it more seriously with: ] I'll tell you this, since you told me some of yours, too - if yours is about seeing your capabilities of something more, then mine is about seeing what I can do for something very important to me.
As for the finer details... We ought to learn those things about each other, yes? I'd like to.
douman: mmmMMMMM?
[A shake of the head, but they seem pleased by the answer, either way.]
But of course. You are indeed a fascinating man. And I do not say that lightly!
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Well! That's very kind of you. I think you're fascinating, too. [ gu yun sips his wine, pleased, too. ] I think that's one of the most interesting parts about this place - I'm fairly well traveled, but I've rarely met a more fascinating group of people.
[ a beat. ] Well, some are fascinating in different ways than others, but, still.