Once the parchment is unrolled it reveals a simple ink and brush portrait of a man who appears to be around the same age as Fei.
"His name is Xie Yun, and if he isn't here," her shoulders sag with the force of a weighty sigh and Fei looks around the empty deck and towards the water, frowning when her eyes return to Red. "Then I am trapped here for nothing."
Whatever gentleness might have slipped through while her thoughts hovered on the topic of Xie Yun hardened when Red called the sailors to mind.
"We are going to stay together until we're someplace that is safe," Red didn't need to bring up the idea of sticking together really, it was already a done deal in Fei's mind.
"I will guard you with my life." It's not the first time she's played bodyguard, and it probably won't be the last either. Protecting people is part of what she does and who she is, just because she's far from home doesn't mean she intends to break the rules of her sect.
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"His name is Xie Yun, and if he isn't here," her shoulders sag with the force of a weighty sigh and Fei looks around the empty deck and towards the water, frowning when her eyes return to Red. "Then I am trapped here for nothing."
Whatever gentleness might have slipped through while her thoughts hovered on the topic of Xie Yun hardened when Red called the sailors to mind.
"We are going to stay together until we're someplace that is safe," Red didn't need to bring up the idea of sticking together really, it was already a done deal in Fei's mind.
"I will guard you with my life." It's not the first time she's played bodyguard, and it probably won't be the last either. Protecting people is part of what she does and who she is, just because she's far from home doesn't mean she intends to break the rules of her sect.