Liu Assoc. South Section 5 Hong Lu/Identity Story

Speaker	Dialogue

Liu Section 5 Hong Lu	Well? Do you like the taste, Ms. Faust?
??? Faust	...Mm. Despite the intense scent, the taste is essentially blank. ...Is this physically possible?
	The child's eye sparkled with a hue of jade.
	Although his eye always had that color... it would sometimes shine brighter than usual, as it is now.
Liu Section 5 Hong Lu	Exactly! That's the wonder of this vintage tea.
	The child exclaimed excitedly.
Liu Section 5 Hong Lu	This is the highest quality pu'er, supplied exclusively to my family. Fermented for more than two decades in the ideal environment... it's nigh priceless~
??? Yi Sang	Kehmgh.
	The other child seated next to them coughed a couple of times as if he choked on the tea.
??? Faust	I must wonder, though. Is there a good reason to pay such a stiff price for this... for lack of a better word, scented water?
Liu Section 5 Hong Lu	Haha, it's just that the taste is too subtle for a tongue oversaturated by cheap stuff~
??? Faust	...Hm.
	A wave of cold almost real enough to cool down the tea seemed to surround the table.
	Of course, the tea was as warm as ever.
??? Yi Sang	Ahem, I do believe that we haven't gathered here simply to mull over tea.
	His reminder breathed some vitality back into the gathering.
Liu Section 5 Hong Lu	Right, of course. To hazard a guess... you wanted to speak about the last mission, yes?
??? Faust	That's correct. More specifically... it's about your left eye.
	The child drank his tea as he maintained a beaming smile.
	A subtle hint of an enigmatic emotion seemed to blend into his face.

Liu Section 5 Hong Lu	I suppose my eyes tend to glow bright~ It's no surprise that you would be curious.
??? Faust	While the human eye does function similarly to the lens of a camera, it does not come with the ability to emit varying amounts of light.
	The white-haired one frigidly cut off the other child's slyness.
??? Yi Sang	Even if it were a prosthetic eye, there are still grounds for suspicion; why would such an affluent individual, one able to treat guests with such expensive tea, settle for such a noticeably mechanical product?
Liu Section 5 Hong Lu	I can't do much about what I was born with~ To them... I was a gem of a child.
	There was a slight tremble to the child's words, but it wasn't noticed by his visitors at the table.
	And, it was certainly an auspicious thing.
	The child feared... for he had no way of knowing when his eye might flash.