"I can appreciate that desire," Baiyi remarks thoughtfully. He'll have a lot more time to be alone now that Xie'er was gone. The prospect is confusingly both appealing and dreadful.

"I approve of him," he adds belatedly with a small smile, raising his glass to his new dragon/ god/ friend person.

With a sigh, he looks once more toward the hall leading to his descendants' rooms. He tosses back the rest of his tea. "It was nice meeting you Runyu, but I'm tired of waiting for them. I'm going to go drag them out of bed."