AUDIENCE FOR: Emet-Selch

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[ktiseos]

Of course that remains my priority. I refuse to neglect my own safety.

[he needs to get out of here to return to his duty-- thinking vax was right in front of him helped stay his hand, definitely, but that risk always factors in as well.

now he also needs to re-alive himself to hunt down a dumb bird]

[liuli]

Well, thank goodness for that.

[ sheesh!!! ]

I don't regret any of this, by the by.

[ktiseos]

I never asked whether you did.

[huffs...]

[liuli]

What was that? "Thank you, Aquila, for going to great lengths to protect my hostage?" Why, you're welcome, Emet-Selch.

[ grumbling ]

[ktiseos]

If it was with his blessing, then I accept it, but I am not obligated to thank you for your behavior. Necessary or no.

[liuli]

[ he's just tuning this out entirely ]

You really need to work on your humility. Then again, I don't know what I expected, it's not as if I didn't already know you were like this.

[ktiseos]

My humility?!

[he stops himself from saying anything further, though, just. raking his fingers through his hair.

he's quiet, for a moment, before he sighs out-]

You did say not to be close to you. I just did not realize, at the time.

...I am, at the least-- appreciative [ugh] that you refused to accept anything of import from me.

[he is also SO relieved he never kissed him]

[liuli]

[ thank you was that so hard (yes)

gu yun waves a hand, though, making a little bit of a face. ]

I'm not that shameless. I've given away an important trinket of my own, after all, for a similar reason.

[ his Bracelet ] You're welcome.

...It's been interesting. Observing you like this.

[ktiseos]

[it was very hard please appreciate him (do Not)]

...you knew me as well, didn't you. The other one.

[liuli]

That's correct.

[ gu yun seems to be watching him, for the moment. ]

As I'm sure you've already surmised, I was previously on the Station.

[ktiseos]

I suppose there are quite a number of you.

[that's maybe a little quieter.

--he seems to realize something after a second and his face goes a little pink, but he is steadfastly ignoring it, looking aside.]

[liuli]

[ gu yun just hums. maybe he missed the pink. ]

There are. We tend to be a quite closely knit bunch. [ aka he's just as crazy about them as they are about each other. it's fine. ] I doubt you really want to know the, ah. Finer details of our acquaintance.



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no he definitely noticed the pink ]

[ktiseos]

I know entirely too much of it already-!

[he's going to die a second time right here.]

Ugh. Regardless, you have me at a disadvantage in all this after-- all of your observation.

[literally the one thing he regained of gu yun was kissing him]

[liuli]

Considering you haven't even asked me my name, I'd say yes, I do!

[ktiseos]

Then dispense with this and tell me who you are!

[he is still slightly flustered.]

[liuli]

Ask me nicely.

[ktiseos]

Now you are simply doing this on purpose.

[liuli]

We're practicing your conversational skills.

[ he gestures like go on, ask ]

[ktiseos]

Fine. Who are you?

[liuli]

[ gu yun's immediate gremlin urge is to answer this with his fake identity from yanhui town

but emet used a question mark and also gu yun's boyfriend murdered him so he probably deserves a little grace. there's a twinkle of mischief in his eyes, but. ]

As you go by a title, I'll give you mine; I am the Marquis of Order, the Marshal of the Black Iron Camp, Commander of Great Liang's Armored Regiment and Cavalry, Gu Yun.

[ he puts a hand to his heart and gives a slight incline of his head. ] A pleasure.

[ktiseos]

Mm. An impressive enough position, I shall allow you that much.

[begrudgingly, but still.]

I suppose it is-- a relief to set aside pretense.

[liuli]

[ gazes into the sun internally ]

You have no idea.

[ktiseos]

Oh, don't I.

[listen he's been having to deal with the other side of this]

[liuli]

Oh, yes. Poor you. A whole two weeks of knowing.

[ its been EIGHT WEEKS ]

[ktiseos]

That does not invalidate looking back upon the weeks where I did not! I-

[...nngh. he hates admitting to this so much.]

...you knew you had others here, the entire time. Regardless of the fact that you were unable to tell them so. As it turned out, I only thought that I did.