That's a good attitude to have, he thinks. Especially with how different some places are.
"It is good to keep an open mind." In fact, if he were being honest (which he will never be, not aloud), he found it all very curious. He liked learning new things. Will he admit it though? Unlikely.
Also, he says that but calling her by only her first name is...a little strange isn't it? Almost as strange as being asked what he would prefer to be called. It isn't even just that he's used to people knowing conventions to just call him Yuheng Elder or Grandmaster Chu. It was the whole, being asked what he wanted bit that is unusual to him. Most people were content to assume his preference was for the most formal of addresses. Most people were too scared to assume otherwise.
For a moment, he actually pauses in his folding.
It was clear she came from a place where using someone's full name isn't a given. He also had very little interest in those lofty titles people had given him. Still, to give her permission outright to not use his full name, or even to use it without titles seemed a little odd.
After a brief moment of internal panic that only manifested as a brief frown, he looked back at the shirt he was folding. "It doesn't matter. Call me what you want."
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"It is good to keep an open mind." In fact, if he were being honest (which he will never be, not aloud), he found it all very curious. He liked learning new things. Will he admit it though? Unlikely.
Also, he says that but calling her by only her first name is...a little strange isn't it? Almost as strange as being asked what he would prefer to be called. It isn't even just that he's used to people knowing conventions to just call him Yuheng Elder or Grandmaster Chu. It was the whole, being asked what he wanted bit that is unusual to him. Most people were content to assume his preference was for the most formal of addresses. Most people were too scared to assume otherwise.
For a moment, he actually pauses in his folding.
It was clear she came from a place where using someone's full name isn't a given. He also had very little interest in those lofty titles people had given him. Still, to give her permission outright to not use his full name, or even to use it without titles seemed a little odd.
After a brief moment of internal panic that only manifested as a brief frown, he looked back at the shirt he was folding. "It doesn't matter. Call me what you want."