( there's much more he would ask about her magic, about the particulars of limitations, because it's very different sounding from the magic he's learned here, which is again different from the cultivation techniques he knows from home which aren't magic at all. knowing, knowledge, is one of his driving forces, exploring new avenues of thought, questioning assumptions.

then she asks something else, and he's redirected from where his thoughts had begun to wander. )

Ah? No, no, I eat! I'm not as thin as I was years ago, don't worry yourself! Moran hasn't had the history of not enough to eat the ways I did in the past, his husband keeps him in good health, they eat plenty of meat. Leads to bulk, ah? The same for my brother, Jiang Cheng, he's very well fed!

( the fact he matches his diet to a vegetarian one from his husband has kept it more lean, his weight gain slower, often set back by occurrences in their lives here. )

Not even Wen Qing can complain, ah?