[ Even though they're in two separate locations the video shows that smiling face. Something that he will give her every single time, she'd probably need it before all was said and done. ]
Are you well where you are?
[ Hey, he worries. After all, he doesn't know what she's dealing with in the location she's in. ]
[ It's clear from the way her surroundings blur that Fei opened the pocketwatch because she couldn't wait to see Xie Yun's face before instantly retreating through the orphanage to get somewhere more private.
After a second she turns into an alcove and stops, greeting him with a delighted smile that quickly melts away after her eyes narrow disparagingly. ]
How slow is your boat going? Are you sure you're not distracting the crew with all your stories so it takes longer to get to me Xie Meimei?
[ She says all that so affectionately it's nearly not disparaging at all. ]
[ The surroundings might blur but he takes note of them and does what he can to memorize it. If anything? He could draw what he sees. Something that may, or may not, help in the long run.
That smile, however, is nice. Even if it turns into narrowed eyes a moment later. ]
I'm not distracting anyone, A-Fei. As for the boat, unfortunately, I don't control how fast someone moves it.
[ He isn't even sure his energy would help get the sails going any faster. ]
Worse than Disha?
[ That sigh has him frowning slightly. They would be reunited soon enough. ]
Do you need anything?
[ He'd play the xiao for her if it's what she needed, at the moment. ]
In their wildest dreams, no one here could be Disha.
[ Shaking her head with a scoff, Fei looks around to ensure she's alone before returning her attention to Xie Yun and his stupid, handsome face. She has missed it terribly. ]
It's just thieves, mercenaries, and low-life criminals. Everyone else struggles. I will do what I can do while I am here.
[ It's probably dangerous, but Fei is Fei. When she smiles at the question, this time the expression lingers. ]
[ Just the thought made him wonder what Disha would do lost at sea like this. Not that he really cared. Much less when he's sure the kraken or the undead in the sea would like to gobble them up or destroy them.
Staying away from tentacles was not an easy feat either. ]
I'm sure that you'll do great and help those that need it.
[ His wife would do wonders around strangers, even more so if they needed help. ]
I'll stay with you as long as you need me to. Do you want me to play for you?
[ They'd established that when she'd initially first arrived and showed up on the network. He just never mentioned what it had done to him. Though, the mention of sharing a house... ]
I shared it with Hermonie and Five.
[ He knows she's doing this now due to the fact that it means he can't run. Also knowing good and well that he won't close communication with her, not with how long it's been since seeing her. ]
There are monsters in the water.
[ The kraken and the undead, among others he's sure. ]
He's Lan Wangji of the Gusu Lan sect. The man is no trick. Just another man who is stuck on this journey too.
[ Evasiveness is still easier to do. Only, not at the moment. ]
People were being sacrificed to a volcano that was going to blow. The volcano, itself, had a mirror fissure to it. When one threw dark water into the fissure it helped keep the volcano from blowing. From causing any damage.
[ There's a brief pause due to him remembering Lan Wangji's words. About how they'd had other alternatives. Maybe they did have, but getting closer seemed better to him. ]
In order to get the dark water to the fissure, I walked a plank into the volcano, and placed the water within.
[ At the question of who Five and Hermonie were, he shakes his head and hides a slight smile. ]
Five I don't know as well but they're both in the same predicament we're all in. As for Hermonie, I've taken her in as my meimei. So, she knows who you are.
[ Monsters... ]
The undead and a sea creature with giant tentacles.
[ He stares at her for a moment and tries not to laugh at that last part. ]
Where does it come from? Also, what is undead? Ghosts?
[ That does not make it any better no matter how reasonable an argument it is. ]
You were not my husband when you crossed those wires.
[ Not that he needed to marry her for Fei to decide to make Xie Yun and everything that came with him her business, that happened long ago. ]
It is good that there are decent people on the boats. The newcomers are good, most of them I think, but all very strange. Everyone is interesting.
[ Sighing when he brings up the matter of apologies Fei frowns at Xie Yun before shaking her head. If he and this man have fought together and become allies, she understands that letting her tongue fly freely is not as easy to brush aside, nor is it the right thing to do. ]
We're not sure where it comes from. Though, someone might actively know. Those that have been here longer than myself. As for the undead, walking corpses. Though, this place has ghosts too.
[ Thanks to his volcano excursion that was something he'd been seeing and hearing. ]
No, I was just a simple man when I crossed those wires.
[ His statement still stands. A wobbly plank isn't going to do him in. ]
There are a few decent people around.
[ People like Lan Wangji, Beitang Moran, Hermione, and Doctor Wen Qing. There are possibly more but they've mainly all been fighting or taking care of business as it's thrown at them. ]
[ Aghast, Fei can't help but bend forward and stick her face closer to her pocket watch, as though that would help her hear him better. ]
Can they be killed?
[ It's kind of a blanket question, about all of it. It's all she needs to know to feel better. ]
Do you trust them all? And The Merchant?
[ Someone she spoke to on the network reaffirmed her suspicions that there was more to the Merchant than it seems.
Her expression softens, as though she's remembered that she finally gets to see him again, and it doesn't have to all be business Fei stops herself and nods at Xie Yun with a smile. ]
So, with your volcanos, and your fighting, are you the hero now zhang fu? Do I get to sit back, eat all the flatbreads, and cheer while you work?
[ If how much she missed him wasn't clear enough already. ]
[ He can't really explain it any better than that. ]
They can be killed.
[ He won't talk about the undead vermin though. Dead rats were ot something to mess with. Much less on a rickety boat and there being a kraken not far off. ]
I don't know enough about the Merchant, so no. I don't trust him. As for those I've fought along side or been around them I trust.
[ He trusted Lan Wangji. The man has had his back and he's fought along side him, more than once. He's also worked with Beitang Moran too and Doctor Wen Qing.
He smiles at that smile of hers. Her smiles were something that he lived for. ]
I wouldn't call myself a hero. Just someone who is doing what needs done to help others. As for you sitting back and watching, if you want to. Though, I'd rather fight along side you.
[ She looks completely disgusted by the idea of corpses, desecrated to the point where they get up to walk and fight, but! ]
If they can be killed then it's not a problem.
[ Which is her usual approach.
The rest of it can wait, he's given her plenty to think about at a later time when she's not getting the chance to see him after what feels like eternity. ]
Hero Yun must work on his boasting skills if he intends to do so many noble deeds.
My husband is far from simple, yet you slander him so.
[ She gets what he means. Xie Yun has always been keen to cast aside the life he was born into for one that's more untethered and free, an entirely new world was probably an irresistible opportunity to him. ]
Boast to me, when we are together again. I want to fall asleep listening to everything that's happened to you.
[ It was, honestly, a bit amusing to hear her tell him that he was slandering himself. Though, as far as he was concerned? He was a simple man. Even if that would always be far from the truth.
No child raised by Taoist monks on a mythical island could be considered 'simple'. He gives a soft smile at the mention of wanting to fall asleep listening to everything that happened to him. ]
Do you want to hear about the fox and the ravens? Or how myself and Lan Wangji had to rope walk from one tree to another so as not to be chowed on by werewolves?
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Are you well where you are?
[ Hey, he worries. After all, he doesn't know what she's dealing with in the location she's in. ]
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After a second she turns into an alcove and stops, greeting him with a delighted smile that quickly melts away after her eyes narrow disparagingly. ]
How slow is your boat going? Are you sure you're not distracting the crew with all your stories so it takes longer to get to me Xie Meimei?
[ She says all that so affectionately it's nearly not disparaging at all. ]
It smells terrible, everyone is a criminal.
[ Then, after a deep sigh. ]
I'm well enough.
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That smile, however, is nice. Even if it turns into narrowed eyes a moment later. ]
I'm not distracting anyone, A-Fei. As for the boat, unfortunately, I don't control how fast someone moves it.
[ He isn't even sure his energy would help get the sails going any faster. ]
Worse than Disha?
[ That sigh has him frowning slightly. They would be reunited soon enough. ]
Do you need anything?
[ He'd play the xiao for her if it's what she needed, at the moment. ]
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[ Shaking her head with a scoff, Fei looks around to ensure she's alone before returning her attention to Xie Yun and his stupid, handsome face. She has missed it terribly. ]
It's just thieves, mercenaries, and low-life criminals. Everyone else struggles. I will do what I can do while I am here.
[ It's probably dangerous, but Fei is Fei. When she smiles at the question, this time the expression lingers. ]
Stay with me a little longer?
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[ Just the thought made him wonder what Disha would do lost at sea like this. Not that he really cared. Much less when he's sure the kraken or the undead in the sea would like to gobble them up or destroy them.
Staying away from tentacles was not an easy feat either. ]
I'm sure that you'll do great and help those that need it.
[ His wife would do wonders around strangers, even more so if they needed help. ]
I'll stay with you as long as you need me to. Do you want me to play for you?
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[ Based on what others have told her on the network, and what she's overheard. ]
I will. We must get gold for your ship's passage as well.
[ Fei slides down the wall behind her into a sit and balances the pocketwatch on her knee, keeping him where she can see him. ]
Yes, but the sound may make me sad, and, I want you to tell me things first.
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[ That? He will readily admit. Back home was probably considered easy. Disha was probably even considered easier than here in this place. ]
If we need gold after we get there then we'll have to find me a forge.
[ He could forge weapons or anything else needed, after all, if it came down to it. ]
What things do you want me to tell you about?
[ There was a lot that had happened before she showed up. ]
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You were in a volcano? And also, you shared a house with a young woman?
[ And then without pausing so he can answer. ]
And also there are monsters in the waters? And also the man, with your face? If he is not a trick what is he?
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[ They'd established that when she'd initially first arrived and showed up on the network. He just never mentioned what it had done to him. Though, the mention of sharing a house... ]
I shared it with Hermonie and Five.
[ He knows she's doing this now due to the fact that it means he can't run. Also knowing good and well that he won't close communication with her, not with how long it's been since seeing her. ]
There are monsters in the water.
[ The kraken and the undead, among others he's sure. ]
He's Lan Wangji of the Gusu Lan sect. The man is no trick. Just another man who is stuck on this journey too.
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[ Evasiveness is not happening tonight mister she has had a time. ]
I do not know Five, but Hermione. She knew my name. Who are they?
[ And also. ]
What kind of monsters?
[ After a beat of consideraiton. ]
He assumes I want to marry him.
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People were being sacrificed to a volcano that was going to blow. The volcano, itself, had a mirror fissure to it. When one threw dark water into the fissure it helped keep the volcano from blowing. From causing any damage.
[ There's a brief pause due to him remembering Lan Wangji's words. About how they'd had other alternatives. Maybe they did have, but getting closer seemed better to him. ]
In order to get the dark water to the fissure, I walked a plank into the volcano, and placed the water within.
[ At the question of who Five and Hermonie were, he shakes his head and hides a slight smile. ]
Five I don't know as well but they're both in the same predicament we're all in. As for Hermonie, I've taken her in as my meimei. So, she knows who you are.
[ Monsters... ]
The undead and a sea creature with giant tentacles.
[ He stares at her for a moment and tries not to laugh at that last part. ]
What did you do to make him assume that?
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Dark water? This is something different from what you sail on now? Even with the monsters?
[ Wait hold on, he what? ]
Xie Yun! I was not there. What would have happened if you fell?
[ Who else would, without question, climb in after him? ]
Taken her in? Does she know what kind of a patron she has now?
[ The idea is very sweet, however, and she has to smile before sheepishness dampens the expression. ]
I told him he was my husband.
[ Among other, more insulting things. ]
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[ That? He knew was coming. Or expected. ]
Do you think a wobbly plank is going to do me in when wires couldn't?
[ Wires that tried to kill him at every turn even. ]
She knows that she has an older brother who will do what it takes to protect her.
[ If Fei meant anything else then she'd have to tell Hermione herself. ]
You're going to make me need to apologize to a man I've fought along side of, more than once.
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[ That does not make it any better no matter how reasonable an argument it is. ]
You were not my husband when you crossed those wires.
[ Not that he needed to marry her for Fei to decide to make Xie Yun and everything that came with him her business, that happened long ago. ]
It is good that there are decent people on the boats. The newcomers are good, most of them I think, but all very strange. Everyone is interesting.
[ Sighing when he brings up the matter of apologies Fei frowns at Xie Yun before shaking her head. If he and this man have fought together and become allies, she understands that letting her tongue fly freely is not as easy to brush aside, nor is it the right thing to do. ]
You will not have to. I will go speak to him.
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[ Thanks to his volcano excursion that was something he'd been seeing and hearing. ]
No, I was just a simple man when I crossed those wires.
[ His statement still stands. A wobbly plank isn't going to do him in. ]
There are a few decent people around.
[ People like Lan Wangji, Beitang Moran, Hermione, and Doctor Wen Qing. There are possibly more but they've mainly all been fighting or taking care of business as it's thrown at them. ]
I'm sure that he will appreciate it, as will I.
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[ Aghast, Fei can't help but bend forward and stick her face closer to her pocket watch, as though that would help her hear him better. ]
Can they be killed?
[ It's kind of a blanket question, about all of it. It's all she needs to know to feel better. ]
Do you trust them all? And The Merchant?
[ Someone she spoke to on the network reaffirmed her suspicions that there was more to the Merchant than it seems.
Her expression softens, as though she's remembered that she finally gets to see him again, and it doesn't have to all be business Fei stops herself and nods at Xie Yun with a smile. ]
So, with your volcanos, and your fighting, are you the hero now zhang fu? Do I get to sit back, eat all the flatbreads, and cheer while you work?
[ If how much she missed him wasn't clear enough already. ]
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[ He can't really explain it any better than that. ]
They can be killed.
[ He won't talk about the undead vermin though. Dead rats were ot something to mess with. Much less on a rickety boat and there being a kraken not far off. ]
I don't know enough about the Merchant, so no. I don't trust him. As for those I've fought along side or been around them I trust.
[ He trusted Lan Wangji. The man has had his back and he's fought along side him, more than once. He's also worked with Beitang Moran too and Doctor Wen Qing.
He smiles at that smile of hers. Her smiles were something that he lived for. ]
I wouldn't call myself a hero. Just someone who is doing what needs done to help others. As for you sitting back and watching, if you want to. Though, I'd rather fight along side you.
[ He's missed her too. ]
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If they can be killed then it's not a problem.
[ Which is her usual approach.
The rest of it can wait, he's given her plenty to think about at a later time when she's not getting the chance to see him after what feels like eternity. ]
Hero Yun must work on his boasting skills if he intends to do so many noble deeds.
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No, there's no problem.
[ The undead can be killed. They haven't, not truly, run into anything that couldn't be just yet.
He knows that it's far too slow, for the both of them, but they'll see each other soon enough. ]
Who is there to boast to? I'm just a simple man here, A-Fei.
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My husband is far from simple, yet you slander him so.
[ She gets what he means. Xie Yun has always been keen to cast aside the life he was born into for one that's more untethered and free, an entirely new world was probably an irresistible opportunity to him. ]
Boast to me, when we are together again. I want to fall asleep listening to everything that's happened to you.
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[ It was, honestly, a bit amusing to hear her tell him that he was slandering himself. Though, as far as he was concerned? He was a simple man. Even if that would always be far from the truth.
No child raised by Taoist monks on a mythical island could be considered 'simple'. He gives a soft smile at the mention of wanting to fall asleep listening to everything that happened to him. ]
Do you want to hear about the fox and the ravens? Or how myself and Lan Wangji had to rope walk from one tree to another so as not to be chowed on by werewolves?
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[ Fei fixes him with a smile, clearly teasing. She's willingly signed up for every last complication, and would a thousand times over. ]
Werewolves? Tell me that, save the fox and the ravens for when we are together. It sounds like a children's story.