summary:
<blockquote>“Tell you what,” said Yushi Huang. “I’ll make you a deal, Ling Wen Zhen Jun.”
Almost no one used her title at all, even fewer with respect. She couldn’t quite read Yushi Huang’s tone.
“If you can tell me exactly what this is,” she nodded to the creature curled in the corner, "and what it does, I will turn it in the moment we get back for tagging and proper categorization."
Ling Wen raised an eyebrow. So the enigmatic Rain Master already knew the creature's properties. "And if I don't?"
Yushi Huang smiled, infuriatingly gentle. "Admitting defeat so soon? How unlike you."
Ling Wen drew herself up and inclined her head, knowing herself to be rising to bait but seeing no real reason to resist. "I accept your terms."</blockquote>
➤ tgcf space au featuring ling wen/yushi huang, HELLO
➤ yushi huang's deliberate mysteriousness, and the way she uses it to flirt and get the upper hand with ling wen!
➤ ling wen enjoying having something to research that's for FUN instead of for work!
➤ the interesting development of the setting, and ways the characters and backstories have been tweaked to fit!
➤ LOVED IT.
➤ 4k words in length
