[ honestly as long as it's not a laughing crying mask he could have kept it on forever!
xie lian smiles back at him though when he does anyway, polite and frankly sort of delighted to hear the idea of being emet-selch as a child, because emet made a very key point of ensuring xie lian understood just how much older he was than xie lian at all times. he straightens up properly and comes over. ]
Hythlodaeus. How nice! Ah - have you really known him since you were children? How fascinating...
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xie lian smiles back at him though when he does anyway, polite and frankly sort of delighted to hear the idea of being emet-selch as a child, because emet made a very key point of ensuring xie lian understood just how much older he was than xie lian at all times. he straightens up properly and comes over. ]
Hythlodaeus. How nice! Ah - have you really known him since you were children? How fascinating...