( Ah, it's petty, so petty, he knows. But there's something about meeting ... a friend ... of Zhou Zishu's while the other man is absent. The same ugly jealousy that the little spy Han Ying had inspired is back, spreading outward like a disease. He doesn't even have the right for it, and yet.
Thankfully, the vendor he'd sent on an errand returns just before he can say anything crueller, the fall of his robes obscuring the broken lock as he turns, morphing easily back into the facsimile of a drunk. He's told, cautiously, that Aetius does not remember arranging to meet Wen Kexing, and so the man himself taps two fingers against his skull, thoughtful. )
It wasn't today? Ah, no, you're right. I was to meet my friend here - ( A hand motioning Wu Xi's way. ) - elsewhere. But I got the times mixed up - hic - so he came to find me! Isn't that great?
( He weaves, closer to Wu Xi's side, leaving behind the box of opiates, the coin pouch. The vendor eyes them, eyes Wen Kexing. )
We have to go, don't we? ( Grin slightly sharp. ) The brothels might miss him, you see!
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( Ah, it's petty, so petty, he knows. But there's something about meeting ... a friend ... of Zhou Zishu's while the other man is absent. The same ugly jealousy that the little spy Han Ying had inspired is back, spreading outward like a disease. He doesn't even have the right for it, and yet.
Thankfully, the vendor he'd sent on an errand returns just before he can say anything crueller, the fall of his robes obscuring the broken lock as he turns, morphing easily back into the facsimile of a drunk. He's told, cautiously, that Aetius does not remember arranging to meet Wen Kexing, and so the man himself taps two fingers against his skull, thoughtful. )
It wasn't today? Ah, no, you're right. I was to meet my friend here - ( A hand motioning Wu Xi's way. ) - elsewhere. But I got the times mixed up - hic - so he came to find me! Isn't that great?
( He weaves, closer to Wu Xi's side, leaving behind the box of opiates, the coin pouch. The vendor eyes them, eyes Wen Kexing. )
We have to go, don't we? ( Grin slightly sharp. ) The brothels might miss him, you see!