Which might explain some of his nerves, he thinks. He hands Zhou Zishu the wine, lingering a little closer than he might usually. He feels oddly starved for it, for the feeling of the other man's presence - putting distance between them doesn't bear thinking about.
"There's something about the magic of this place that makes it possible. Master Lan did not notice his brother's absense once, and he'd been here years. Time doesn't turn for the person left behind, or that's what I'd been told. I didn't believe it, but you - well, you don't seem all that angry so it must not have."
Though, sly, "Unless you were grateful for the peace?"
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Which might explain some of his nerves, he thinks. He hands Zhou Zishu the wine, lingering a little closer than he might usually. He feels oddly starved for it, for the feeling of the other man's presence - putting distance between them doesn't bear thinking about.
"There's something about the magic of this place that makes it possible. Master Lan did not notice his brother's absense once, and he'd been here years. Time doesn't turn for the person left behind, or that's what I'd been told. I didn't believe it, but you - well, you don't seem all that angry so it must not have."
Though, sly, "Unless you were grateful for the peace?"