Big Guns For Bing-Gan

[Kwokinator]

Hao Long sweatdrops, disbelief in his eyes.

"You... don't do any drugs, do you?"

[Corwin]

She glares at him. "You're the one who asked."

[Kwokinator]

"Hey, what am I supposed to think about freakishly large animals being kept as pets?" he retorts.

[Corwin]

"Crazy rural farmers?" she asks in return. "Self-explanatory."

[Kwokinator]

Hao Long shrugs, not saying whether he believes or disbelieves.

"Well, hopefully we won't run into that."

[Corwin]

"We won't, if we leave early enough," she says with a giggle.

[Kwokinator]

"Whatever you want," Hao Long says with a shrug. "Not like I have anyone to go or anyone to say bye to."

At that, the percussion music starts again, and the actors make their ways back onto the stage.

The play has the dragon continue to terrorize villagers all over various towns and causing massive panic, until the previous defeated hero resurfaces.  To the actor's credit, the hero's very posture and presence looks to be more confident than his last encounter with the dragon.

Declaring his intention to take care of the menace once and for all, he launches himself at the dragon.  The fight scene lasts much longer this time, and the hero ultimately triumphs, and villagers from the town run out from their hiding places and they embrace and thank the hero.

Finally, the entire cast of the play comes out and bows to the crowd, signalling the end of the play.

"Well, that's it," Hao Long announces the obvious.

[Corwin]

"Yeah," Bing Gan agrees. She pats Hao Long's shoulder, saying, "Thanks for taking me here. It was fun."

After a small pause she uses to think, Bing Gan adds, "So, I guess I'll see you at my inn tomorrow morning?"

[Kwokinator]

"Err... about what time?" he asks.

[Corwin]

"Six o'clock. That sounds good," she tells him. "I'll be ready by then, so just wait downstairs. We could grab a quick breakfast and then leave."

[Kwokinator]

"Alright, see you then," Hao Long says and begins to turn to leave.

"Actually, I'll see you back to the hotel," he apparently changes his mind and turns back around.

[Corwin]

She acknowledges his suggestion with a nod, and begins walking back to her inn, the staff slung behind her back.

[Kwokinator]

Hao Long leads Bing Gan back to her inn, apparently not taking any wrong turns this time.

"Alright, here we are," he says as they arrive.

[Corwin]

"Till tomorrow," she says, and waves at Hao Long as she goes inside, heading straight for her room. A bath and then a nap seem like a good idea to Bing Gan.

[Kwokinator]

Hao Long waves goodbye to Bing Gan outside of the inn.  After she goes into her room, he walks into the inn and begins whispering to the clerk, then sliding what seems to be a tael of silver over to the clerk.

Sometime in the evening, Bing Gan hears a knocking on her room door, and a voice that says "dinner delivery!"