[ ruby won't know it, but a second pair of eyes is pretty useful here. gu yun stays silent, the light and easy mannerism fading as he walks them forward; his well honed soldiers reflexes shine here, straight backed and prepared for the worst.
right now, he doesn't reach for the sword at his waist. they've been fighting doppelgangers, so far - his own appeared in a mirror just before, and even just a cursory look at ruby tells gu yun plenty. no matter what kind of girl she is, unless she whips out an impressive amount of martial arts skills, she's unarmed, and he's preparing moreso for the psychological than anything especially physical, and he's not wrong when the light female voice speaks up loud enough to be heard.
he turns his head to look briefly at the reflection. takes in her outfit - western - and cocks his head to the side.
his doppelganger reflection does the same, but it's the real gu yun who speaks - and all he does is scoff, lightly, dismissive. ]
Now, that's not very nice. [ ...it's curious, really. it's curious, because these reflections seem to be just that, reflections. something to be learned from. none of that thought process registers on gu yun's face, though; instead, he just lets the flippant remark by.
his own doppelganger puts his hand over ruby's white knuckled hand. curiously, his doppelganger is blindfolded, but it doesn't react much beyond that, just mouthing the words that gu yun does like a true reflection. ] Who put that sort of mentality in your head, the Westerners? I wouldn't trust a man with more hat than brains not to throw stones in glass houses. Or mirrors, so to speak.
[ gu yun glances down to the real girl, frozen at his side, and waits. patient, to let her pull herself together or react, or whatever she needs. ]
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right now, he doesn't reach for the sword at his waist. they've been fighting doppelgangers, so far - his own appeared in a mirror just before, and even just a cursory look at ruby tells gu yun plenty. no matter what kind of girl she is, unless she whips out an impressive amount of martial arts skills, she's unarmed, and he's preparing moreso for the psychological than anything especially physical, and he's not wrong when the light female voice speaks up loud enough to be heard.
he turns his head to look briefly at the reflection. takes in her outfit - western - and cocks his head to the side.
his doppelganger reflection does the same, but it's the real gu yun who speaks - and all he does is scoff, lightly, dismissive. ]
Now, that's not very nice. [ ...it's curious, really. it's curious, because these reflections seem to be just that, reflections. something to be learned from. none of that thought process registers on gu yun's face, though; instead, he just lets the flippant remark by.
his own doppelganger puts his hand over ruby's white knuckled hand. curiously, his doppelganger is blindfolded, but it doesn't react much beyond that, just mouthing the words that gu yun does like a true reflection. ] Who put that sort of mentality in your head, the Westerners? I wouldn't trust a man with more hat than brains not to throw stones in glass houses. Or mirrors, so to speak.
[ gu yun glances down to the real girl, frozen at his side, and waits. patient, to let her pull herself together or react, or whatever she needs. ]