"Sometimes it snows but it doesn't stay. The lakes are too warm. But more inland, it can. My lands are warmer than colder. If it's cold enough to frost, the waterways can ice over, but nothing is ever thick enough compared to here. Boats just crush through it and it looks like very thin crystal."

At Riley's reminder, Cheng smiles a bit, squeezing his hand. "Thank you. That's very thoughtful." But their meals hadn't arrived so he was content to have his hand held. "How do you hold morals if you don't feel shame?" Wuxian was fairly shameless but even he had morals. These two were pretty free in their opinions and feelings and he was curious to know how they managed to get through the day like that. Some times, he felt like he was screwing everything up all the time, all at once.