--And he /disliked/ being interrupted.

--He doesn’t ask who ‘they’ are. But when he turns to look at him, Richard finds himself wishing fervently he had remained quiet for once in his damnable life and immediately averts his own gaze.
There are two things about him that he had learned very early on: Laurence had rather a sharp tongue.--

Oh nice, I'll have to check that out! 🔥 Love JL, she's great (and what happened to her was fucking awful, goddamn). Her and FX would've been a real power couple, no doubt, haha. /And/ good parents, I imagine

(Inspired by a fanart by @/msmsnst on Tw*tter)

-mesmerised now than he was back then when he was young and stupid.

-they meant it. Like that was what they saw in him. Like he /wasn't/ making /that face/ - distant to the point of looking cold. Unfriendly. Unapproachable.
More than eight centuries have passed and still he finds he can vividly recall that moment and his own surprise, finding himself no less-

-scrapes.
For a moment, he finds himself transported back in time, sees those hands the way they used to look, distributing cherries to much smaller, grubby ones.
To the hands of children who all but /flocked/ to Mu Qing the moment they laid eyes on him. Who surrounded him, calling him "gege" like-