Identity Story |
| Speaker | Dialogue | |
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 Liu Section 5 Hong Lu |
Well? Do you like the taste, Ms. Faust? | |
 ??? Faust |
...Mm. Despite the intense scent, the taste is essentially blank. ...Is this physically possible? | |
| The child's eye sparkled with a hue of jade. | ||
| Although his eye always had that color... it would sometimes shine brighter than usual, as it is now. | ||
Liu Section 5 Hong Lu |
Exactly! That's the wonder of this vintage tea. | |
| The child exclaimed excitedly. | ||
Liu Section 5 Hong Lu |
This is the highest quality pu'er, supplied exclusively to my family. Fermented for more than two decades in the ideal environment... it's nigh priceless~ | |
 ??? Yi Sang |
Kehmgh. | |
| The other child seated next to them coughed a couple of times as if he choked on the tea. | ||
??? Faust |
I must wonder, though. Is there a good reason to pay such a stiff price for this... for lack of a better word, scented water? | |
Liu Section 5 Hong Lu |
Haha, it's just that the taste is too subtle for a tongue oversaturated by cheap stuff~ | |
??? Faust |
...Hm. | |
| A wave of cold almost real enough to cool down the tea seemed to surround the table. | ||
| Of course, the tea was as warm as ever. | ||
??? Yi Sang |
Ahem, I do believe that we haven't gathered here simply to mull over tea. | |
| His reminder breathed some vitality back into the gathering. | ||
Liu Section 5 Hong Lu |
Right, of course. To hazard a guess... you wanted to speak about the last mission, yes? | |
??? Faust |
That's correct. More specifically... it's about your left eye. | |
| The child drank his tea as he maintained a beaming smile. | ||
| A subtle hint of an enigmatic emotion seemed to blend into his face. | ||
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Liu Section 5 Hong Lu |
I suppose my eyes tend to glow bright~ It's no surprise that you would be curious. | |
??? Faust |
While the human eye does function similarly to the lens of a camera, it does not come with the ability to emit varying amounts of light. | |
| The white-haired one frigidly cut off the other child's slyness | ||
??? Yi Sang |
Even if it were a prosthetic eye, there are still grounds for suspicion; why would such an affluent individual, one able to treat guests with such expensive tea, settle for such a noticeably mechanical product? | |
Liu Section 5 Hong Lu |
I can't do much about what I was born with~ To them... I was a gem of a child. | |
| There was a slight tremble to the child's words, but it wasn't noticed by his visitors at the table. | ||
| And, it was certainly an auspicious thing. | ||
| The child feared... for he had no way of knowing when his eye might flash. | ||
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