[As Orchid turns around to face Cid, Cid would see the hand on her waist curl slowly into a fist before slipping down and away. When he began walking, putting himself subtly in front of her once more, the hand hung at his side, no longer in a fist. His gaze settled on a point in the distance, but he maintained total awareness of where Orchid was relative to him. Alert for potential threats.
Cid counted among them if Daqiang's body language was anything to go off of.]
Orchid is from the Three Realms and and under this venerable one's protection.
[He said simply, then fell quiet. Orchid was certain to fill in anything else. She was far more talkative than he was and so long as Cid understood that Daqiang took his protection of Orchid seriously, then Daqiang would be content to let them speak while he kept an eye them both. Unlike the situation at Silent Moon Palace, in this world he could not count on the loyalty of hundreds of guards to give their life to protect Orchid when he was not near.]
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Cid counted among them if Daqiang's body language was anything to go off of.]
Orchid is from the Three Realms and and under this venerable one's protection.
[He said simply, then fell quiet. Orchid was certain to fill in anything else. She was far more talkative than he was and so long as Cid understood that Daqiang took his protection of Orchid seriously, then Daqiang would be content to let them speak while he kept an eye them both. Unlike the situation at Silent Moon Palace, in this world he could not count on the loyalty of hundreds of guards to give their life to protect Orchid when he was not near.]