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Jun did a show last night, so maybe he's holding it together well enough to do a lesson today. It'd sure help take Beila's mind off things; maybe it'd do the same for him. She can always fly away again if he's not feeling it.
Knock knock?
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roc_on
fiery-delights
Stroll stroll nom nom. All in all, this is much more pleasant than failing to deliver a firebending lesson.
roc_on
Yup.
Beila refreezes a melted bit of her ice cream and gestures inquiringly at his.
Beila refreezes a melted bit of her ice cream and gestures inquiringly at his.
fiery-delights
"Depends on my mood, really. Today is definitely an ice-cream-soup kind of day."
roc_on
She grins.
A little old lady turns a corner ahead of them and seems to recognize Jun. Only: "Li!" she calls. "Li, hi! I'm home a day early and won't need you to look at my garden tomorrow at all." Blink. "Oh, you aren't Li. Sorry, these old eyes."
A little old lady turns a corner ahead of them and seems to recognize Jun. Only: "Li!" she calls. "Li, hi! I'm home a day early and won't need you to look at my garden tomorrow at all." Blink. "Oh, you aren't Li. Sorry, these old eyes."
fiery-delights
"He sounds it. I don't suppose you could introduce us? It's just - I lost contact with my family a long time ago, and I'm always hoping for an unexpected relative to turn up so I can reconnect - being mistaken for someone in the street sounds like a promising lead."
roc_on
Beila is glad she let Jun take point on this, she could not have come up with and delivered so plausible a lie.
"Oh, sure," says the little old lady, "why not, but I warn you he's very shy, he might not warm up right away, and also I need to pick up my medicine first."
"Oh, sure," says the little old lady, "why not, but I warn you he's very shy, he might not warm up right away, and also I need to pick up my medicine first."
roc_on
"All right, you stay put right here and I'll get my medicine and we'll go introduce you to Li," nods the little old lady, and she goes in to the pharmacy, comes out, and leads Jun and Beila to her house, chattering on the way (her name is Meng, she has a pet butterflymouse, she grows veggies and makes the best stirfries you ever did hear of, she has seven grandchildren...)
And here is her house, complete with vegetable garden, and there, she says, is where Li lives. She'll just go knock on the door, how about?
And here is her house, complete with vegetable garden, and there, she says, is where Li lives. She'll just go knock on the door, how about?
fiery-delights
"Oh, your garden is lovely. Sure, thank you."
And if he hangs back a little he gets the chance to warn Beila in an undertone, "Might want to stay out of sight of the door at first, in case he recognizes you."
And if he hangs back a little he gets the chance to warn Beila in an undertone, "Might want to stay out of sight of the door at first, in case he recognizes you."
roc_on
Beila steps aside.
She's got her bag on her; it has a chordpress in it. "I'm telling my dad where we are," she murmurs. "...Do you think this would be a good time to try a quick experiment with the State?"
Meng hobbles up to Li's door.
Knock knock.
She's got her bag on her; it has a chordpress in it. "I'm telling my dad where we are," she murmurs. "...Do you think this would be a good time to try a quick experiment with the State?"
Meng hobbles up to Li's door.
Knock knock.
fiery-delights
"Could be," he murmurs back, and that's as much as he can say before he's following Meng up to Li's door.
in-silk
It takes him a minute to answer the door - pretty normal for Li.
"Oh, hello, Meng," he says, smiling. "Home early?"
"Oh, hello, Meng," he says, smiling. "Home early?"
roc_on
"I am! You won't need to water my garden," she nods. "Also I saw a man on the street who looks just like you as far as my old eyes can tell! He wanted to know who you were, says he's looking for family."
(Beila, standing just out of sight, shuts her eyes. She breathes... Meixing said -)
(Beila, standing just out of sight, shuts her eyes. She breathes... Meixing said -)
in-silk
He glances past Meng at Jun, coming up the path behind her.
He freezes.
"Thank you, Meng," he says quietly. "Could you please leave us alone to catch up? I'm sure Sapphire misses you terribly."
He freezes.
"Thank you, Meng," he says quietly. "Could you please leave us alone to catch up? I'm sure Sapphire misses you terribly."
roc_on
"I'm sure she does!" nods Meng. "Poor thing. Lots of nectar and no company." Off she goes to console her lonesome butterflymouse.
(Beila's eyes glow - and then stop.)
(Beila's eyes glow - and then stop.)