"I think that can be arranged easily," Jin Guangyao replies, looking up with a soft smile. Even if that softness is half a game all on its own, it's one he's been playing for long enough that it's comfortable in its own way, much like settling at his former height when he could, in theory, stand up on that tail to match his Bonded eye-to-eye.

With Jin Guangyao slithering alongside Lan Xichen steps, the two of them meander back towards the residences, with gentle words and banter, the gold ribbons in their hair shifting only slightly in the cavern's breeze.