Beautiful things aren't necessarily good, and ugly creatures aren't necessarily dangerous.
"?" She was stunned, and so was I, not knowing why she paused.
"I've heard the outside world has changed." She started her leapfrog conversation again.
"Yeah, dynasties have changed who knows how many times, our clan has scattered, and the queen... I don't know where she went." I had encountered the former queen; the great clan war led to our decline. Where the last queen went, I truly don't know, and after opening a shop with Bai Yun, I never asked her, because I genuinely stopped caring about the past.
"I used to think living a long life was a happy thing. I wanted to be like you all, in every aspect."
I didn't interrupt her, letting her continue after a brief pause, "Do you find life exhausting?"
