[ oh what tangled webs we weave.. dan heng is clearly backpedaling, but once more, yingxing doesn't have the heart to call him out on it and embarrass him. it's so damned cute, the way he stammers as he tries to think up an excuse. a smile spreads across yingxing's features. ]

Yeah, he would know, I guess.

[ yingxing is close with the entire group, but he and dan feng were especially close - he's yingxing's best friend and confidant, so he knows pretty much his entire life story. nothing would stop him from telling dan heng about it all, should it come up in conversation.

he won't ask just why dan heng was researching metallurgy.. ]

But yeah, it is. I enjoyed making weapons, and I was young enough at the time to think that the name Blade was edgy and cool. Embarrassing, I know.

[ but it's what he's stuck with now, and he's fond of it. ]