Xingchen gratefully accepts the glass of water and forces himself to be careful in drinking it. Works a moment to calm breathing and desperate need to cough, and surreptitiously wipes at watering eyes with the corner of a sleeve.
Then takes a deeper breath, and lets it back out with far more ease before turning a rather bewildered look at his poor nephew, that's at the same trying to be reassuring. "I'm alright. That - I was not quite prepared."
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Xingchen gratefully accepts the glass of water and forces himself to be careful in drinking it. Works a moment to calm breathing and desperate need to cough, and surreptitiously wipes at watering eyes with the corner of a sleeve.
Then takes a deeper breath, and lets it back out with far more ease before turning a rather bewildered look at his poor nephew, that's at the same trying to be reassuring. "I'm alright. That - I was not quite prepared."