GUEST SERVICES - NIE HUAISANG

[cluedin]

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[unanswering]

Ah- no, I didn't mean it like...

[he falters a little bit there, frowning a little as they tug their bangs into place.]

I'm sure you're- not really in a position to speak too freely! Not a bad sort of cryptic, exactly--

[please he's not the best at this]

[cluedin]

[ this is a feedback loop of awkward and blue raises their hands slowly, like they're not sure what to do to calm nhs down ]

Not... upset? [ its what they nhs thinks is happening? ] People are... difficult.

[ for them, anyway. ]

[unanswering]

...they can be. I'm used to dealing with them in very different ways than I've had to here, so I- suppose I can understand, somewhat...

[not entirely because (gestures at like, blue's everything whereas he's human) but you know.]

[cluedin]

[ they nod, satisfied. ]

But you have made connections.

[ they seem pleased with that? fwiendship ]

[unanswering]

-a couple of them.

[he fans himself, idly- it's more like he just needs something to do with his hands.]

It's... well, I suppose there's at least one good thing in all this.

[cluedin]

People... can find good even in the bleakest situation. It is interesting. [ they clearly don't mean this to sound condescending but. it still kinda does. ]

[unanswering]

Do you have trouble with that?

[fortunately nhs is super used to people sounding condescending and just. ignoring it.]

[cluedin]

[ they tilt their head back, thinking about it ]

With connections. Not with seeing the good.

[ because they have to be optimistic, to be willing to keep doing this after. this long. ]

[unanswering]

To be honest, I think I'd have given up on all this long before reaching this point, in your place.

[he shrugs one shoulder, there.]

So you really must be doing something right, when it comes to seeing good in things.

[cluedin]

Time is different. I am not human. I have more... patience.

[ and a lot of spite and stubbornness, but they don't say that. ]

[unanswering]

Patience alone isn't enough to deal with-- all of this.

[a little wave of his free hand, there.]

I might be human, but I do know it still takes more than that to keep one going. Cultivators tend to live longer than your average person too.

[cluedin]

[ they hesitate... and smile a little, looking away. ]

The girls say I am stubborn. And foolish. [ they sound fond as they say it, though? ] There is... anger, as well.

[unanswering]

[they get a smile out of him in return, there.]

...it's a good motivator, I think.

[he'd know, he more or less functioned on spite for (checks wrist) a decade.]

It just takes a certain type to be able to use it as fuel, rather than being burned out by it.

[cluedin]

A type?

[ they seem to expect nhs to have a particular type in mind, instead of meaning Some People vs others ]

[unanswering]

A type of per-- er, individual, I mean.

[his fan taps against his chin.]

A personality type, might be the better way to put it.

[cluedin]

Oh. [ they nod ] And... you are that type as well.

[ it's not a question. ]

[unanswering]

I am.

[a nod of his own, there.]

I have been for some time, at least.

[cluedin]

Yes. [ they tilt their head ] Because of your circumstances.

[ blue has an app understanding of all your canons, oooooo ]

[unanswering]

[he blinks at that-- then breathes out a little huff of a laugh.]

Ah- of course you would be aware of them.

[someone had to know shit for the profiles?]

[cluedin]

Yes. I picked you.

[ they sound very neutral when they say that, because it's not exactly a good thing, but they stand by it. ]

[unanswering]

Was that a part of why?

[a slight tilt of his head, there.]

I can't help but feel you could have picked more useful people than myself and young master Jin, to be honest with you.

[cluedin]

[ there's a tilt of the head right back, as if mimicking ]

You were interesting. All of you.

[ that word again... ]

[unanswering]

What is it that you usually find interesting, then?

[could he be asking actually useful things, sure

but sue him, he's curious about them.]

[cluedin]

Many things. Experiences. Feelings.

[ they seem to be struggling to explain a bit, tapping their cheek... ]

I observe souls.

[unanswering]

It sounds like- quite an undertaking, then...

[obviously their whole deal is a lot, in general, but damn.]

I hope you can say later that you chose well.