Winter isn't so different in my land. It was a miracle my Master found me in time. I do not think it would have taken me a full night to freeze.

[He had been found when the moon was bright, near dawn. Thus why his name literally translates to "dawn stardust".]

Perhaps we move forward from our births? We refuse to stay in the season we first know.

[Xingchen listens politely and then...nods. They sound a bit too like Cultivators. Unfortunately.]

I am honest. I do not lie. [Even if that gets him in trouble.] I use the stars to navigate; not to judge others.