"Nice to meet you." Xie returns almost automatically, nodding at the offer of tea. When the others sit, he takes in the picture they make and feels out of place.
It's not an unfamiliar feeling, when they're all together, but it's somehow worse now. Like he'd started to feel almost part of the group only to be abruptly reminded that he isn't, he won't ever be. They are the police and he's a criminal and if they could have locked him in a cell this whole time they would have.
He takes the remaining chair, though, because even though it doesn't make the feeling go away it still feels less stupid than just standing there. Takes the tea when it's offered, too, and just waits for them to say what they're going to say.
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Date: 2023-10-21 03:15 pm (UTC)"Nice to meet you." Xie returns almost automatically, nodding at the offer of tea. When the others sit, he takes in the picture they make and feels out of place.
It's not an unfamiliar feeling, when they're all together, but it's somehow worse now. Like he'd started to feel almost part of the group only to be abruptly reminded that he isn't, he won't ever be. They are the police and he's a criminal and if they could have locked him in a cell this whole time they would have.
He takes the remaining chair, though, because even though it doesn't make the feeling go away it still feels less stupid than just standing there. Takes the tea when it's offered, too, and just waits for them to say what they're going to say.