[He can picture her description perfectly, a hundred memories springing to mind.]
You would have loved Lotus Pier at Lunar New Year. Nothing could compare. More lanterns than you could imagine, street vendors at every corner—the food alone! [His grin turns a little wry (and a little sad, though he snorts quickly and shakes it off before he allows himself to fall too far down that path.)]
I would eat so much! Always way too much. [The memories fade and he winks at her, returning to the present.]
It might be smaller tonight, but it'll be just as good. [No soup from Shijie perhaps, but lanterns put together by the two of them. No Jiang Cheng nagging at his manners, but Lan Wangji and Jory sitting at the same table.]
Alright, here's how we start. [And like that he turns his focus to the lantern making, quickly showing her how to create the structure out of wire and then begin to form the paper around it.]
[ her first wire frame is sad, her second better, by the third it starts resembling wei wuxian's example. she has better luck with the paper, even managing to hide her sad, sad frame.
halfway through her lanterns, she asks, ] Do you decorate these after?
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You would have loved Lotus Pier at Lunar New Year. Nothing could compare. More lanterns than you could imagine, street vendors at every corner—the food alone! [His grin turns a little wry (and a little sad, though he snorts quickly and shakes it off before he allows himself to fall too far down that path.)]
I would eat so much! Always way too much. [The memories fade and he winks at her, returning to the present.]
It might be smaller tonight, but it'll be just as good. [No soup from Shijie perhaps, but lanterns put together by the two of them. No Jiang Cheng nagging at his manners, but Lan Wangji and Jory sitting at the same table.]
Alright, here's how we start. [And like that he turns his focus to the lantern making, quickly showing her how to create the structure out of wire and then begin to form the paper around it.]
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halfway through her lanterns, she asks, ] Do you decorate these after?