[ surprise!!!!


anyway. he makes a soft noise, thoughtful. she can hear enough of the melody if she wants and would recognize it! it's pretty iconic. ]

Yang Guifei... The name of a consort, right? To an emperor. [ thoughtful. ] Tang, I think. The pipa, the name - now that I'm connecting it, it does make sense.

[ what self respecting chinese modern extremely well red nerd wouldn't have known this. shameful. ] Admittedly, I don't remember a lot about her story - but, I thought it was a coincidence.