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[wooden_one]

There is a child. His name is Xia Sini.

[Those who know Chinese may realize that name is a homophone for 'Scare You to Death'.]

Don't mind him. He can take care of himself.

[Aka, that five year old is him running around trying to conserve medicine. This is not child neglect. He just doesn't want to admit to being a five year old and he's shit at lying.]



Private to Wen Qing

Miss Wen. I understand things have been busy but have you had the chance to replicate my medicine?

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[wooden_one]

[...what a good child.]

As I said, he will be fine.

But I will let him know of your offer.

Though I wish to reiterate that he is perfectly capable of taking care of himself.

[paperbutterflies]

Senior Chu, sometimes it may be something as simple as reaching something from a high self, but I think in this place, anyone might sometimes need a little help. It is no lack of ability to ask for it, is it?

[ ... he tries. Also given his experience in childhood, people unwilling to ask for help when they need it is unlikely to end well. ]

[wooden_one]

Isn't that what qinggong is for?

[No.

He might not have had a problem with this offer for help, if Xia Sini were a real child and not a form he was occasionally stuck as. But the reality was that Xia Sini wasn't a real child and Chu Wanning was not able to ask for help.]

[paperbutterflies]

[ Sizhui is missing important information here. He'd understand a little better if he knew Xia Sini is him... he remembers his hurt hands all the way back with the dragon, after all. ]

Is it, Senior Chu?

[wooden_one]

Why are you asking me? The answer is obvious.

[paperbutterflies]

I am merely trying to learn from my seniors!

[wooden_one]

[...is this one being cheeky? He can't tell through text.]

Reaching high places is a good way for a child to practise qinggong.

[So he answers seriously.]

[paperbutterflies]

[ All right, maybe he was giving a little bit of cheek, but also curious. Because chances are in the Cloud Recesses using it for such purposes would have been strongly frowned upon. ]

I see! I think because we learned to channel a lot of it through music, such exercises were not done where I was growing up...

[wooden_one]

Cultivation should be used to solve problems. If not what is the point of it?

[Even if those problems are reaching a high shelf, yes. Why shouldn't it be used for unglamorous things? Keeping the rain off, drying clothes...he doesn't see why it shouldn't be used.]

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[weifinder]

I asked this question many a time myself, and it turns out, people are very opinionated about proper particular uses of cultivation. So self limiting!

[wooden_one]

Most of those people are close minded and often foolish.

[weifinder]

I'll agree on both points, no objection! Unfortunate when they're also in power.

[wooden_one]

It is unfortunate. Though they also tend to be the sort to fear power in others.

[Which is to say, most of them are scared of him.]

[weifinder]

They fear what they don't control. They envy as much as they fear.

Regardless, is a headache, and leads to heartache, not worth it, they should simply enjoy an afternoon at a tea house instead!

[wooden_one]

They would cause less problems if they would just do that.

[weifinder]

If only they were less interested in causing problems than they are, ah?

[wooden_one]

They would not be who they were if they were less interested.

It is depressing to think such people cause problems where you're from as well.

[paperbutterflies]

[ It makes Sizhui grin a little to himself, imagining Shifu's reaction to this argument, but also he would not make it to him. It's just a slightly less constrained take than how the Cloud Recesses teach, but then again.

What isn't less constrained than how the Cloud Recesses teach. ]

I guess my teacher would consider it a too *easy* thing to use it for, but - it sounds a reasonable way to practice, for one so young, it's true!

[ Sizhui. ]

[wooden_one]

I don't see how it being too easy is a problem. If you can't reach then you can't reach.