( a few hours? that's quite a bit shorter than it felt, though he's hardly prepared to put any stock in his unconscious perception of time. and truly, the last couple of days in their entirety have felt like weeks all on their own (while also feeling very much like they've passed in a blur, much too quickly for xingchen to keep proper track).
'a few hours' means that it's nighttime now, or swiftly approaching it. this is the second night since he stumbled out of the coffin house, disappeared from the quite deliberate ring of talismans that xue yang had left him in. he likely should have stopped to assess them - to see precisely what it was that the murderer had intended to do with him. but he was in no state to consider it then, and he certainly doesn't intend to return and find out.
which just as certainly means that somewhere out there, xue yang is looking for him.
a moment belatedly, xingchen processes that his ally(?) has introduced himself - po xiao. ) Xiao Xingchen, ( he offers in return, and only afterward does it occur to him how foolish that probably was. xue yang is looking for 'xiao xingchen'. his next words are hushed (not that any of his words have been loud enough to eavesdrop, really), ) Do you know-... ( his lips press together a moment, and he tries again. ) I assume that others saw us arrive? ( witnesses, able to disclose his location to anyone with enough coin or threat. )
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'a few hours' means that it's nighttime now, or swiftly approaching it. this is the second night since he stumbled out of the coffin house, disappeared from the quite deliberate ring of talismans that xue yang had left him in. he likely should have stopped to assess them - to see precisely what it was that the murderer had intended to do with him. but he was in no state to consider it then, and he certainly doesn't intend to return and find out.
which just as certainly means that somewhere out there, xue yang is looking for him.
a moment belatedly, xingchen processes that his ally(?) has introduced himself - po xiao. ) Xiao Xingchen, ( he offers in return, and only afterward does it occur to him how foolish that probably was. xue yang is looking for 'xiao xingchen'. his next words are hushed (not that any of his words have been loud enough to eavesdrop, really), ) Do you know-... ( his lips press together a moment, and he tries again. ) I assume that others saw us arrive? ( witnesses, able to disclose his location to anyone with enough coin or threat. )