"Ah, it is good that you are riding, then. You are working hard, it sounds like. It takes a lot of work to keep horses and I think I do not miss any of that part, even if I would not mind riding again," Jingyi says as he accepts the soda, ready and willing to chat about the inconsequential. They've had a rough month--to put it mildly--and it is soothing to do something so...

Well, the situation is not normal, but sitting like this and catching up is normal enough that he finds a great deal of comfort in it.

"I will eat all of it!" Jingyi declares, regarding the chicken. "And maybe it is not healthy and maybe we are vegetarians at home, but all that means is that I need to enjoy this as much as I can now before I have to go back. Sizhui--Sizhui--I this is a treat! Enjoy it! It is the only reason I have not left the job where I wear a giant chicken!"