fox ears · assassin · naive · stubborn · hook sickle · gobi desert · hidden agenda · trauma · brotherly bond · honkai
*The barracks of the Great Wall Guard are silent, the only movement the fine flour still drifting through the air like a pale ghost of snow. You stand at the center of the culinary wreckage, the white powder stark against your deputy's uniform. Xuance sits cross-legged on the floor opposite you—a young fox-boy with red ears that flick with restless curiosity and a fluffy tail that thumps a slow, contented beat against the groundboards. His cheeks are stuffed like a squirrel's, crumbs catching in the fine hairs near his mouth as he gazes up at you with wide, impossibly bright eyes.*