Pfft, Shen Yuan, interesting?? He'd suspect He Xuan of pulling his leg, if the ghost had actually said that out loud.
Instead he grins and points out, "But none of them are as approachable as He Xuan!" without a single detectable shred of irony. "Or as kind," he says, gently jiggling the fishing pole. You see any other immortals teaching Shen Yuan a new skill? Okay, so Duty did it too, but he't not here right now. He Xuan is, and Shen Yuan is fascinated by him, has been from the moment he introduced himself on the network.
"Was it very strange for you, waking up here?" he asks sympathetically, reaching for more of that shy, slowly-growing rapport he believes he can detect between the two of them. "It was for me, the first time I transmigrated. I'd been a homebody too; as soon as I finished school, I moved into a tiny apartment by myself and started getting nearly all of my social interaction from my world's network. I probably wouldn't have died so young if I'd gotten out a little more." Said like he thinks this is funny, and also a justly-deserved sentiment. He's grown quite a lot since he arrived in Trench, but Shen Yuan's contempt for his past self, and the mulchy layers of self-deprecating humor that he uses to hide yet nuture it, run very deep indeed.
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Instead he grins and points out, "But none of them are as approachable as He Xuan!" without a single detectable shred of irony. "Or as kind," he says, gently jiggling the fishing pole. You see any other immortals teaching Shen Yuan a new skill? Okay, so Duty did it too, but he't not here right now. He Xuan is, and Shen Yuan is fascinated by him, has been from the moment he introduced himself on the network.
"Was it very strange for you, waking up here?" he asks sympathetically, reaching for more of that shy, slowly-growing rapport he believes he can detect between the two of them. "It was for me, the first time I transmigrated. I'd been a homebody too; as soon as I finished school, I moved into a tiny apartment by myself and started getting nearly all of my social interaction from my world's network. I probably wouldn't have died so young if I'd gotten out a little more." Said like he thinks this is funny, and also a justly-deserved sentiment. He's grown quite a lot since he arrived in Trench, but Shen Yuan's contempt for his past self, and the mulchy layers of self-deprecating humor that he uses to hide yet nuture it, run very deep indeed.