[feel so bad for your man xichen]

Er-ge has this one's keenest sympathies. Try... worse?

[Is "try worse" the worst thing anyone has ever said to a Lan disciple? Probably not, but it's very sound advice for the continued safety of. Delicate items.

Huaisang nods, though, and puts the ink stick he's been fiddling with back into the package.]

This is a much better product! Ah, let's buy these and see the next shop, hm, Xichen-ge?