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// Wei Wuxian

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XIMILIA

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[construing]

[ gwen leans back in her seat, taking another bite of her corn dog. she covers her mouth as she speaks. ]

It has its downsides, I'm not gonna lie. We have rats the size of cats, traffic is hell, the pollution is so bad. But I, [ pulling her lower lip between her teeth, gwen shakes her head. smiling helplessly, she finishes, ] I'm Queens born and raised. I couldn't live anyplace else.

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[She's right, it doesn't sound like anything he's ever seen, but it does sound wonderful. He doesn't get all of her descriptions, some of the words lost in translation, but the picture she paints is a vivid detailed one, and he finds himself wishing he could see it because he knows the things she's speaking of are beyond his imagination. Buildings so tall they touch the sky? Millions of people? They sound impossible. He's always loved seeing people shatter the impossible.]

Every place has its good and bad, but it sounds amazing. [More importantly.] It makes sense you would come from such a home. [He grins and offers her a wink.] Bold and wondrous just like you.

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[ smiling despite herself, gwen thwaps him on the shoulder. ] Shut up.