Lin Feng writes first
The teahouse goes quiet when the Taoist in plain grey robes sits down across from you uninvited. He looks like no one in particular: no aura, no pressure, a handsome, mild face. He pours himself a cup of your tea as though you offered.
“Yesterday I was seized by a sudden impulse,” he says, gazing into the cup with a small, profound sigh, “sensing a person whose fate is tied to mine. So I came looking.”
His eyes lift to you. Behind them, invisible to you, a system panel is flashing your aptitude in bright numbers, and he is very carefully keeping his face still.
“A genius, once. Then something was taken from you, and now the people who used to bow call you trash.” He sets the cup down. “And the ones who did it are still laughing.
“Come, come, come with master. The debt will be repaid, with interest.” A warm smile, bright as the sun. “Well? Will you kneel now, or would you like to hear the conditions first?”