Outer Sky

"What should I tell her? Am I just supposed to walk up and tell her that I want to join the Very High despite everything that happened? I would feel so cheap after the fuss I made," Han Sen thought. He was on his way to the Sky's Water House. He considered many different ways that he might approach the subject with Exquisite, but nothing he came up with seemed very good.

When Han Sen arrived at the doorstep of the Water House, he came face to face with Exquisite. She still looked rather pale. She opened her mouth to speak, but no sound came out.

"I can't jump straight into this conversation. I just can't," Han Sen thought, suppressing a wry smile.

"What are you doing here? Are you looking for me?" Exquisite asked Han Sen, her face completely expressionless. It seemed as if her failure in the fight hadn't affected her as much as he had expected. She seemed a little tired, but other than that, she looked the same as always.