That's right. Unfortunate that you're not a Spade, really. I am quite lacking in cards from that suit... Elusive, that lot. But oh well, profit is profit.
[Without hesitation. Bloodless, mutually-beneficial trade; that is how the man before Lan Wangji treats all of this, as though it were no different from the negotiations of a piece of land or any other trade of political power, aside from the window dressing.]
[He thinks he's made his initial read: determined, measured, but not without the ever-exploitable weakness of kindness. To have someone precious to you present in the resort must be the greatest curse of all, Matoba thinks. He is thankful that is not the case for him, here.]
Game 52 aside, what I really wanted to ask you about was your read on the nature of this realm. [Cultivators, if he remembers right, could supposedly control and read the flow of energy in things, in a way that haraiya- more conduits and manipulators of their surroundings- could not.] I am interested in your professional impressions.
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Date: 2025-05-09 03:48 am (UTC)[Without hesitation. Bloodless, mutually-beneficial trade; that is how the man before Lan Wangji treats all of this, as though it were no different from the negotiations of a piece of land or any other trade of political power, aside from the window dressing.]
[He thinks he's made his initial read: determined, measured, but not without the ever-exploitable weakness of kindness. To have someone precious to you present in the resort must be the greatest curse of all, Matoba thinks. He is thankful that is not the case for him, here.]
Game 52 aside, what I really wanted to ask you about was your read on the nature of this realm. [Cultivators, if he remembers right, could supposedly control and read the flow of energy in things, in a way that haraiya- more conduits and manipulators of their surroundings- could not.] I am interested in your professional impressions.