I've gone without eating for much, much longer than this, and it can't kill me.

[It's the second time he's said that, and in a strange, pointed manner, and the 'much, much longer' doesn't seem like he's exaggerating for comical purposes either.

Xie Lian shrugs at the sympathy.]

It's a siege, and they've been living this way for months. It doesn't make it easier, but people actually adapt pretty fast. That's why they survive.

At least thanks to you they'll have had one good meal today. They'll remember that. That's what's important.