"Your species is very protective," she observed. "Even of those you barely know. It's... not entirely terrible, I suppose."
Coming from Shuyin, that was practically a declaration of affection.
"We should get you dried off properly," Lu Yuze said, trying to return to practical matters. "And I need to change. I'm dripping all over the floor."
"Mmm." Shuyin looked down at the puddles they were creating. "Yes, that does seem problematic. Though I don't understand why humans build pools indoors if they're going to be so concerned about water on the floors."
"That's... that's not..." Lu Yuze stopped himself, realizing that trying to explain the logic of indoor pools to someone who apparently thought sleeping while floating in water was normal would be an exercise in futility.
"Let's just go," he said instead. "Before someone else comes looking for us and gets the wrong idea."
"The wrong idea about what?"
