[ Smiling, he nods his assent to the boy. Pegasi are well-trained, and will never harm a civilian, standing tall and suffering themselves to be petted.

And then he turns to Xiao Xingchen, murmuring with a smile: ]

Another one of you mountain sect people.

[ That's what he calls cultivators here at Prismatica, because while soul cultivation is the stuff of legends in his country, as everybody knows, only crackpots and the weak-minded actually believe in it. ]

It's as if this place has a special affinity for people like you. Langling Jin, Gusu Lan.... oh, what did you say your sect was?

[ Xiao Xingchen—the other one—had told Gu Yun the name of his teacher, but not his mountain sect name. ]