"I think you sound like a great influence."

She laughs. "The absolute best!"

"I'm so terribly glad Lan Zhan found you."

" - Yeah. I am too."

"I'm glad you came back."

"Ah, you can thank Mo Xuanyu for that. Although you might be irritated with him, too. If the arm hadn't killed those people...in fact, I find it interesting that the arm killed the exact four people who Mo Xuanyu wanted to die."

"...Weird."

He explains the sacrificial ritual and the four cuts and the consequences had those people not died. 

"...Yeah that would've been bad."

"You know, I think Mo Xuanyu really wasn't all right in the head. I don't know that it was as simple as just lunacy, but..." He shakes his head. "I find it very interesting that he was sane when he left for Koi Tower and was apparently crazy when he came back. Considering that apparently they didn't destroy Wen Ning like they said they did."

"...Yeah. I don't - know a lot about what's going on in Koi Tower, though. But that all seems suspicious."

"I mean, I'm glad he's alive, but...he didn't seem conscious at all. I don't know what they did to him but I'm concerned."

"I don't actually remember what he was like... Do you think you can fix it?"

"I hope so. ...He was very kind. And he loved you a lot." 

"I hope I get to meet him again, then. Properly."

"Yeah. I don't dare summon him anywhere near Cloud Recesses, and...I've been kind of nervous about doing so where your dad could walk in on us. Just because he doesn't blame me for what happened doesn't mean...I don't know."

"Could you talk to him about it?"

"I mean, I could do that, or, I could avoid the topic like a coward."

Small smile. "I can distract him sometime. But I really think he'd be fine if you asked. Worse comes to worse, I can make puppy dog eyes at him about wanting to meet my Uncle Wen Ning."

"Yeah, you're right. Probably after some number of conversations about feelings, though." 

"Okay."

"Have you ever been in love?"

"Not really? Lots of times I see someone who's pretty, and I got silly over this one girl once, but... I don't think I've met anyone I wanna marry someday."

"How did you know you were just silly and not in love?"

Shrug. "Imagining a 'forever' instead of a 'tomorrow' felt - like I'd rather run off. I guess? And I didn't miss her when we split ways."

"Hmm. Thanks."