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"T-Mobile."

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"They're not the worst. Lead on."

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She starts off up a hill. "I don't know that I ever told you my name. I'm Xie Lian. Sometimes people render that as 'Lee-anne' and that's fine too."

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"Hey, I told you, I'm Wei Ying and not Ying Wei. I can handle Xie Lian."

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"Sure. Just, if someone is looking for Lee-anne that might be me."

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Thumbs-up. "You got it."

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The T-Mobile store is not very far away.

"That's kind of a lot of cash," says the phone guy when Xie Lian is ready to pay.

"I'm a stripper," she tells him blandly.

"Oh. Uh... huh."

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"I'm her niece," Wei Ying lies smoothly when he starts giving her looks for being a minor hanging out with a supposed sex worker. Then she starts looking at phones and giving Xie Lian advice.

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Xie Lian gets a midrange smartphone and the patient store person shows her the basics of how to use it.

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Wei Ying waits until they're done and have gone outside before she starts explaining the Internet. Her explanation isn't one hundred percent coherent but she's pretty good at backing up and clarifying things.

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Xie Lian follows along pretty ably considering she is hundreds of years old. She does not seem particularly eager to visit swordchicks.com and check out Noon though.

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That is 100% her own business! 

Eventually she looks at the time and says, "I should meet back up with Lan Zhan soon, wanna come?"

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"Sure!"

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Meeting up with Lan Zhan entails taking a bus to nearish Stanford, where Lan Zhan departs from a college-aged boy who looks pretty similar to her and walks over to Wei Ying. 

She nods politely to Xie Lian. "You found her." 

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"I did! And gave her the money. And helped her get a cell phone. And her name's Xie Lian and white people might know her as Lee-Anne."

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"I am glad you are well, Xie Lian."

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"Thank you."

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"I am sorry you have attracted the attention of a kidnapper."

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"I'm sorry Wei Ying attracted the attention of a kidnapper!"

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"It is not your fault." But Lan Zhan is ALSO VERY SORRY ABOUT THIS FACT. 

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"Unless it is because I horribly wronged this person centuries ago, and their generosity is a clever ruse, which I can't rule out! But apparently it is not in fashion to dwell on this while being stalked."

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"Even if that was so, it still wouldn't make it your fault I got kidnapped unless you knew someone kidnap-happy was after you and didn't warn us."

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"I do not know this. I am mystified."

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"It would have been convenient if you knew what was going on but I don't blame you for not."

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"Maybe she was just wrong about who I was. There are only so many gem colors, it could be a coincidence."

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