Mingyu felt no real need to keep his mask on now that the performance was over with and he had his jade bangle activated, but he smiled as Fox's face vanished back behind the mask.

Fox needed that sort of thing. He wasn't the type who was good at filtering himself or holding back. Being able to, being expected to cover up this way would level the playing field for him a bit.

Mingyu ruffled his hair fondly.

"What, did you think the Bai dynasty would be called that if we didn't have a couple pieces of our own? It wasn't either of my parents' main area of study, but... I mean, they made me take music lessons until the day they died. I just, you know." His face fell, just a little, just because it was Fox, and then he was smiling quietly again, shrugging his shoulders casually.

"You know how I was with magic, before."