"I like him very much," Shen Yuan admits. "I wasn't sure he liked me, until our most recent conversation—I was kind of dedicated to making a fool of myself around him for a while." He sips his wine again. Has he drunk enough to bring up the furry thing?? How does he bring up the furry thing?? He doesn't want to reveal Laertes' commission, but he's unbelievably curious. How do a Shakespearean guy and an Arthurian guy back themselves into inventing furries out of whole cloth??