It's...cute how she fusses. Which startles him into lowering his head to hide a little smile, stifling a laugh that threatens to escape. Mastering his mirth, he lifts his head with a challenging look.
"It doesn't matter. If you're a soul eating monster, say so."
Seeing him smile almost... No, she wants to be paid! For Rou Rou's sake. She touches the pouch at her waist to remind herself.
"I'm much more than a grape monster. I just didn't know it!" until recently, "I guess I feel a little responsible for you. When you fell from the sky, I was sure you would never walk around and talk."
Her pouch is important; she is never without it! Jin Mi frowns, trying to understand why he would use the past tense? So he knows someone finds him and helps him, but -
"Someone told you about the future?" she concludes, nodding, "My honey works well on you. I'm sorry for calling you a Crow."
"Not much," he allows. "I remember being attacked and then falling. Then I was brought here, and my brother did not seem surprised to find me alive." Hence, he doesn't die and someone had helped him.
But to be called crow has him give her a bemused look. "Why crow?" So insulting to the firebird he is!
"My special honey is something I've been working on for centuries! It's a mixture of rare herbs with the honey to lend them sweetness." Jin Mi pulls out the vial and pops open the top to let him smell, "Oh I... I'm Jin Mi."
Which means nothing in the heavenly realm.
"The... The daughter of the Water Immortal and the Floral Immortal."
And she'd used it to heal him. He leans in to sniff the vial, still considering her thoughtfully. Most people would have already stated what they wanted for helping someone of his status. But she seems...
Different.
Only for him to blink at the name and claim of two Immortals as her parents. Straightening, it also settles into place just who this is. And why, despite her parentage, he wouldn't know her name. He stifles the frustration - if his wings were visible, they'd ruffle then resettle around him.
He's finally met an interesting woman...and she's spoken for.
He pastes a smile on, hoping it's at least somewhat convincing. "It's nice to meet you." Again.
That particular part hasn't sunk in yet. Imagining herself as the potential bride to either of the brothers seems so far-fetched that she almost laughs at herself. She has only been an innocent sprite for all of these years. Why would such great immortals want to marry her?
Jin Mi smiles at his good-nature and tells herself that is likely why she hasn't demanded anything of him. As long as she stays in contact with him, Rou Rou has a better chance of being revived.
"I'm a little sad you don't remember me, but you can't help it." she gives him a bow, "Are you sure you're healed?"
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Date: 2022-06-08 12:38 am (UTC)"It doesn't matter. If you're a soul eating monster, say so."
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Date: 2022-06-08 12:41 am (UTC)Grapes shouldn't growl.
"Aren't you frightened?" she smiles as if she has done a fine job, "I'm rare, you know. Not many monsters were once grapes."
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Date: 2022-06-08 12:47 am (UTC)"I see. You're a grape monster. I'll admit I have never met one of your kind before."
He doesn't say he's afraid or not though. Of course not!
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Date: 2022-06-08 12:52 am (UTC)"I'm much more than a grape monster. I just didn't know it!" until recently, "I guess I feel a little responsible for you. When you fell from the sky, I was sure you would never walk around and talk."
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Date: 2022-06-08 01:07 am (UTC)Xufeng blinks and his weight shifts just a little. "So you're the one who found me." Well. Finds, in his case.
"I heal quickly," as he knows he's proven simply by the fact she's been following him around.
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Date: 2022-06-08 01:11 am (UTC)"Someone told you about the future?" she concludes, nodding, "My honey works well on you. I'm sorry for calling you a Crow."
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Date: 2022-06-08 01:16 am (UTC)But to be called crow has him give her a bemused look. "Why crow?" So insulting to the firebird he is!
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Date: 2022-06-08 01:21 am (UTC)She wouldn't mind seeing him and his little Dream Beast again.
"You were all black and burnt! To a crisp!" she tuts and shakes her head, "I planted you in the ground, watered you and fed you honey."
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Date: 2022-06-08 01:28 am (UTC)"Honey tastes good. I'm not surprised it helped me heal." But watered? Planted?
"What is your name?"
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Date: 2022-06-08 01:36 am (UTC)Which means nothing in the heavenly realm.
"The... The daughter of the Water Immortal and the Floral Immortal."
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Date: 2022-06-08 01:50 am (UTC)Different.
Only for him to blink at the name and claim of two Immortals as her parents. Straightening, it also settles into place just who this is. And why, despite her parentage, he wouldn't know her name. He stifles the frustration - if his wings were visible, they'd ruffle then resettle around him.
He's finally met an interesting woman...and she's spoken for.
He pastes a smile on, hoping it's at least somewhat convincing. "It's nice to meet you." Again.
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Date: 2022-06-08 01:55 am (UTC)Jin Mi smiles at his good-nature and tells herself that is likely why she hasn't demanded anything of him. As long as she stays in contact with him, Rou Rou has a better chance of being revived.
"I'm a little sad you don't remember me, but you can't help it." she gives him a bow, "Are you sure you're healed?"