Lin Wan stood in front of four grown males and tried very hard not to feel like a primary school teacher.
She failed.
They were all looking at her with varying degrees of attentiveness. Wang was focused, arms crossed, ready for Lin wan's orders.
Qin Mo stood slightly apart from the others, hands loose at his sides, his expression giving nothing away but his eyes kept track of her every movement with an unblinking attention, Lin wan recognized as his version of keen interest.
Keal was upright and present, visibly improved from the night before, his posture carrying a quiet gratitude he hadn't put into words again but that showed in the way he stood anyway.
Da Jun, who had woken up looking like a different male entirely, was watching her with open curiosity and no attempt to hide it.
Lin Wan looked at all of them.
Then she crouched down and picked up a handful of the earth at her feet.
"First thing," she said. "Tell me what you think this is."
A pause.
