"Lan-gongzi has been seeing memories...?" Now it is Shen Yuan's turn to struggle with that prying sense of curiosity. What is it about hearing about someone's troubles that makes humans want to hear about all the gory details?

He sighs again and drains the last of the water. "I...this one would ordinarily be honored to accept Lan-gongzi's generous offer, but I don't want to wake anyone up so late at night...they might be annoyed."

He smiles weakly. "It's fine. The things I've been seeing... perhaps they might have happened in another life, but not here, not to me. This one knows they aren't real."