Excuse you, Five, in Mingyu's world magic also takes exacting calculations and intimate understanding of all the working parts involved. They just call it magic the way anything that runs on code and electricity 'technology'. No wand-waving here, thanks.

Mingyu listens to the explanation behind the tattoo, slipping one glove off to reveal a tattoo of a blue lotus in approximately the same place on his right wrist.

Is Five so far into his drink that his vision is swimming, or are the petals of the flower beginning to sway?

"I had this one done to help me gather information when Fox disappeared," Mingyu informs softly, reaching slowly for the boy's hand. If allowed, once his hand grasps Five's own, the flower will unfurl the rest of the way to reveal a piercing green eye.

'Show me your damage.'