It's a familiar motion, though the person doing it is not who Xichen is used to seeing. He holds out his arms, reaches to catch him mid-bow and...

...catches him.

He's caught a little off guard, and while he's unable to stop the fall, he is able to gentle it.

"There is nothing that needs to be forgiven on your part," he says, arms full of Shen Yuan. "Are you alright?"