[Alhaitham studies Xie Lian for a long, silent few moments. There isn't anything particularly unkind about his expression, nigh-unreadable as it is, but simply a quality of someone mulling his options over.]
[ Xie Lian waits for that decision, not arguing for it to come faster. He wonders if this is how maids felt in Xianle when they had to wait on his own decisions, then thinks that's just him being unkind because he's impatient and anxious. ]
I would. I'll ... figure out the food and let you know when we could do it. When a basket's ready.
[Xie Lian knows him well enough by now to realise that if Alhaitham was not actually comfortable with or interested in a idea he would simply turn it down, not worrying about what feelings might be stung by his doing so. The scribe doesn't mind spending time with Xie Lian - he's intelligent and unintrusive, polite and understanding of Alhaitham's own boundaries, and altogether the kind of person that he can very easily tolerate being around.
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Date: 2024-02-21 08:19 pm (UTC)Fine.
[He shrugs one shoulder mildly.]
If you like, we can do that.
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Date: 2024-02-21 08:23 pm (UTC)I would. I'll ... figure out the food and let you know when we could do it. When a basket's ready.
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Date: 2024-02-25 08:02 pm (UTC)So he nods slightly to the suggestion.]
All right. Then it's a date.