Although he no longer collections corruption like he did when he lived outside the city limits full-time in D's outpost, Shen Yuan still lives to come by Sanctuary at least once a week, to cleanse his corruption and meditate on his cultivation. It's an important part of his routine -- but, because it's routine, he doesn't mind so much when it's interrupted. So, when he hears someone in armor walk up to him and sit nearby, he allows himself to drift back up through the layers of meditative detachment and open his eyes, smiling gently as he turns to look at the newcomer.

"Greetings," he says softly, to all appearances a gentle, scholarly young man dressed in green robes, with hair that would hang down to his waist if he were standing up; if he feels any surprise or interest when he catches sight of the pair of cat ears standing out from the other man's head, it's betrayed by only a small widening of his eyes and a caught breath before his face smoothes out and he asks, "Are you new around here? My name is Shen Yuan."