…I think it’s infinitely more selfish to ask you to be mine and mine alone. [ a halfhearted laugh as he leans into the touch. ]

And a lot of that is true for me too, Xiansheng. Even back home I didn’t have many friends. [ no friends, actually, but that sounds incredibly pathetic, but following his return from the abyss he did nothing but cause trouble, so most people tried to steer clear. ]

But this is the first, ah, real relationship I’ve ever had, so I just want to make sure I do things right. But, yes, I’d like that too - and maybe you can share things from your time as the Geo Archon. And I’d still like to fight you sometime, Xiansheng.