[turboheaven] catchall for shadowheart

[jiaohua]

they're roomies... i hope shadowheart murders her just to get the room to herself tbh

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[sacredpath]

[she has to think, frowning to herself.]

I... merchant ships, I think.

[jiaohua]

I wonder what sort of goods they must have carried? I'm told merchants who trade by sea have very interesting products. Or perhaps they simply seem interesting because they come from so far away, so they are very different from what is nearby.

[sacredpath]

I don't know. I don't know much about them, really. I just remember seeing ships on the docks.

[jiaohua]

I see... what was it like, living in a port town?

[sacredpath]

I couldn't say much about it, it wasn't remarkable.

[~mysterious~]

[jiaohua]

[very mysterious.]

Well... this view is remarkable. I just wish we had not needed to die to see it.

[sacredpath]

I suppose there are pros and cons of any situation. No beaches for you?

[jiaohua]

[she shakes her head.]

No... our home in the capital was inland, so I have rarely seen the ocean.

[sacredpath]

Will you tell me more about where you're from?

[jiaohua]

Of course. The scenery is really very beautiful in most parts of the country... I live - er, lived, in the capital now, and it is crowded with people but also with beautiful architecture. The estates have the most lovely gardens... [she sighs a little wistfully.] When I was younger, we lived in Suzhou. It is not exactly remote, but it was a much smaller area and much less crowded. The peach trees were beautiful when their blossoms bloomed.

[sacredpath]

[rich...]

It's a pity the gardens here aren't quite so well-maintained.

[jiaohua]

[being a concubine pays well...?]

It is, but I suppose even Heaven cannot have everything.

[sacredpath]

Maybe the parts we're restricted from...

[jiaohua]

Perhaps, yes. [...] I wonder if that in itself is some kind of a test, to see how we react to being kept out of a place. Would they use that to measure whether or not we should be "redeemed"?