[ admittedly... the name drop was a bit on purpose. there are similarities - xie lian did share a room with him once - and he'd wondered.

...and, like usual, his intuition was pretty on point. the observation of friends makes xie lian laugh a little, looking at the bird for a moment longer before returning his gaze to the masked young man in front of him. ]

Something like that... [ emet, somewhere: 😒 ] Though, I'm sure he would make a similar face to our feathered friend should I say we were such. Was I correct in assuming you might know him, sir?