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[watergrape]

It's so nice to not have to worry about being turned into a stool!

[Is she purposefully goading someone? Maaaybe.]

I wonder if he's turning someone else into a stool or something worse! [GASP.] I bet he is. What a criminal!

[Tiny hummingbird wings flutter in indignation on her back.]

Someone should lock up the Crow before he does more damage. Lock him up and throw away the key~

[And the goading continues.]

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[dragonrising]

[The first person he ever exposed his real body to of his own free will. And the one who rejected him anyway. He smiles to hide the pain of it, his tail swaying behind him now.]

I remember. I had been resting at the time.

[watergrape]

I felt bad for waking you. [She peeks around him and smiles widely. There it is!] Hello, tail!

[dragonrising]

[He looks back at his tail.]

It's one of the kizuna changes. One of several very obvious ones...

[watergrape]

Have you transformed into anything fully? [She gasps and stretches her tiny wings.] A dragon?

[dragonrising]

Only by my own will. Never by the will of this place.

[watergrape]

That's better. Then you won't hurt.

[dragonrising]

Perhaps one day I will but I honestly hope not to. My transformation is very large.

[watergrape]

I would love to see you! If... If you're alright with showing me. [True forms are personal, after all.]

[dragonrising]

[He honestly appreciates her showing him that respect. She doesn't know how hard it is for him to show his form or how far he's come in being able to.]

Ask me another day alright? I will let you see it then.

[watergrape]

[She is a bit bashful about hers. What can a snowflake do? She can float around maybe and make things cold.]

Of course! Are you hungry? Since you came all this way, I can cook for you.

[dragonrising]

[He should...go home. But in the end he nods and makes sure to stay in his seat.]

Thank you. I'd like that. It would be nice to have something to eat before I go back.

[watergrape]

[She is a fantastic cook! And she will send him with extras for little Daiyu.]

Make yourself comfortable and oh! Here... [Have some wine.]

[dragonrising]

[He looks at it then gently refuses it.]

I don't drink anymore. If you have tea I will gladly accept it.

[watergrape]

Really? Alright! [The wine is exchanged for a nice hot pot of tea and a cup.] Wine can be dangerous. Though mine is pretty mild.

[dragonrising]

It can be very dangerous if consumed with poor judgement. But many things are like that if you think about it. [Nodding his thanks for the tea, he lets his fingers warm on the cup while he breathes in the fragrance of it.]

[watergrape]

True! Anything that makes you feel a certain way could be just like a strong drink.

[She gets to work in the kitchen - which isn't far away - humming as she makes a small feast for her guest.]

[dragonrising]

[It's strange to be sitting here like this. But he knows that he will always be tied to her. Even though he's given up on her, those feelings will never die. It hurts and yet...

Well that's something to ponder later. For now he just drinks more tea.]

[watergrape]

[No matter what happens, Fate has decided that they will be family even if they can't be lovers. Jin Mi does love him - just not on the same depth that she loves Xufeng - which is why her chest doesn't hurt around Runyu. Her love for him is a comfort; not on fire.

As each dish is completed, she sets them out on the table.]

Eat all you like!

[dragonrising]

Thank you. They look delicious.

[He doesn't eat as much as he might normally though. But only because he's saving room for Ouyang's food. His love enjoys going out to hunt then preparing the kill for them so he won't take that away from him.]

You should join me to eat when you are done cooking.

[watergrape]

You know I will~ [Jin Mi isn't ashamed of her appetite! Once the meat is cooked, she joins him at the table, sipping on tea too.]

Are gods hungrier than fairies?

[dragonrising]

Being an Immortal or a fairy really isn't so different in terms of hunger. For example, Xufeng has always eaten more than I do. So it always varies from person to person.

[watergrape]

Oh that's good. I didn't want to be even hungrier than I usually am. [Her cheeks pink.] The fairies used to tease me about it.

[dragonrising]

Eat as much as you like, Mi'er. I won't tease you. [Besides, he'd rather she take care of herself.]

[watergrape]

[She grins and fills her plate happily.] I know you won't. Oh! Look!

[Focusing on a vase filled with fresh soil, she creates a triad of bright poppy flowers.]

I can fill a whole pond with lotuses too.

[dragonrising]

You've been practicing. Your father would be very proud of that if he were here.

[He smiles at the flowers, aware of what she can do with this power in the future, happy to see it's already starting.]