[The first remark only gets a smile from Xie Lian. That, too, is not the first time this happens in his life. Life, unsurprisingly, still goes on. And he somehow always manages to get get back up and keep going.
The rest of the words are then ignored for the more pressing, immediate matter.]
... Are you alright?
[Xie Lian is ... very used to being cut off from most of his power, by now, but it was hard at the beginning. And he did say someone else did it to him, although not out of malice...]
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The rest of the words are then ignored for the more pressing, immediate matter.]
... Are you alright?
[Xie Lian is ... very used to being cut off from most of his power, by now, but it was hard at the beginning. And he did say someone else did it to him, although not out of malice...]