"He was extremely freaking uncertain. He actually believed it, but we backed down when he freaked out about it. I didn't, like, want to be a dick or whatever. even though.... He's from my world, you know," Magnus says, and frowns. "He was a huge dick to my cousin and her boyfriend. He showed up wearing my cousin's boyfriend's clothes." His tone is more angry than scandalized, but there's a good bit of both in it.

And then he forces himself to redirect his thoughts! "You -- oh my gods, Hanguang-jun, is that why they looked so good when I collected them?" He pulls him into another hug. "I planted them in the ground back at camp after I gave him the room."