Hrm. He'll have to watch A-Yao for that kind of self-deprecation coming out again. In the meantime, he does not eat slowly, though he does listen and hum in the right places to make sure that A-Yao knows he's listening.
He's not sure he can relate, but he's listening.
"You're strangers but not," Mingjue agrees eventually. "But even though the span is longer, change always happens at home when you go to war. That's how being away works. Just because I came back to more changes than I expected doesn't mean you are entirely foreign. Just a different person I need to get to know."
He considers.
"And I see what you mean about the sex, but I don't like to miss opportunities. Even if you're both different."
And then he shrugs, because it's really not that complicated.
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Date: 2021-05-26 06:51 pm (UTC)He's not sure he can relate, but he's listening.
"You're strangers but not," Mingjue agrees eventually. "But even though the span is longer, change always happens at home when you go to war. That's how being away works. Just because I came back to more changes than I expected doesn't mean you are entirely foreign. Just a different person I need to get to know."
He considers.
"And I see what you mean about the sex, but I don't like to miss opportunities. Even if you're both different."
And then he shrugs, because it's really not that complicated.