( He's feeling a little more like himself if he's able to tease, though there's a decided air of fragility still, like a house left shuddering after a flood. He ends up on the cushions, the prospect of food wrinkling his nose a little. The water though, that he reaches for, clumsily filling a cup and then holding it in his two hands like a child. )
I'd have been kicked out within months, Sect Leader Lan. ( A tired grin, toothy. ) Even forgetting my various crimes, the lechery alone would have gotten me thrown from your mountain.
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( He's feeling a little more like himself if he's able to tease, though there's a decided air of fragility still, like a house left shuddering after a flood. He ends up on the cushions, the prospect of food wrinkling his nose a little. The water though, that he reaches for, clumsily filling a cup and then holding it in his two hands like a child. )
I'd have been kicked out within months, Sect Leader Lan. ( A tired grin, toothy. ) Even forgetting my various crimes, the lechery alone would have gotten me thrown from your mountain.