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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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[watergrape]

Why wouldn't I be? This place could hurt you too.

[dragonrising]

[Unless they take away his two lovers he's not really sure how this place could hurt him more than he has been.]

I will be alright. But I promise I will take the herbs with me.

[watergrape]

Especially this one! [Jin Mi rises and retrieves a...big mushroom.] Just leave a little of them planted and another one will grow.

[dragonrising]

[He lifts a brow even as he takes it.] A mushroom?

[watergrape]

A Lingzhi! It promotes longevity. [And they are fun to look at.]

[dragonrising]

[He gives a soft laugh.] A longevity mushroom for an Immortal?

[He's teasing her gently. But only because it's a cute gift.]

[watergrape]

Oh. Well. It's good for you? [She should have thought this through.] You can also lure monsters with it.

[dragonrising]

[That makes him chuckle a bit.] There's not many of those here.

[But yes, he's tucking it away to keep.]

[watergrape]

You might run into one! [And she tries to...look like one. Rawr! Look at her claws!]

[dragonrising]

Ah but none will be as fierce as you. [So very scary. Even if he utterly fails to act scared of her act.]

[watergrape]

I admit I'm the scariest to ever exist. [To him, she might just be...] If I showed you my true form, you would shiver!

[dragonrising]

Ah but I know what your true form is. I know it not to be a monster. [A lovely, lovely flower instead.]

[watergrape]

But I am cold! [Since she is a frost flower.] You would need to wear a cloak.

[dragonrising]

Mm. Water is my element as well. So I am also connected to ice. [Runyu smiles gently.] You would make Xufeng chilly though. Just a little.

[watergrape]

No wonder we get along so well! [And the reason he can heal her without difficulty.] He would be miserable.

[Is that a little funny? Yes.]

[dragonrising]

Xufeng's nature is fire while you and I are water. The contrast is there but they work well together when you know how to manage their differences.

[watergrape]

Why is that? The Emperor's nature is fire, so... You must get your nature from your mother. And I guess Phoenix's parents are both fiery.

[To say the least. She isn't fond of one of them.]

I take after my father.

[dragonrising]

[He looks down. He's never told his brother or Jinmi about his mother. Not even in his own time.]

Yes, I would have gotten water from my mother.

[watergrape]

[No, he didn't. But she knows his mother can't be the Empress.]

It's okay, Fish Fairy. [He is making that face. The one that worries her.]

[dragonrising]

I'm alright, Mi'er.

[No. No he really isn't. But this is a pain he knows he can't have her help him to carry. It's one he'll have to carry alone. So he gives her a little smile.]

But yes. Xufeng could only ever be fire in nature because both his parents were such.