Shen Yuan steps up next to him and then sits with a sigh, their shoulders brushing together. Xiu Ya spirals down into its sheathe and comes to a rest next to his painting supplies.

He kind of wants to tell Magnus about his dream--his sister's voice at the door. He kind of wants to explain that the idea of his family moving on from his death and the idea of them not moving on from his death are equally terrifying, but one of them has to be true. Eight years.

But--he doesn't want to be a bummer, and it seems like Magnus is already kind of going through it. So he just says, "I wonder if you could learn to sword surf. If Jack would let you, anyway."