Vol 2: The lily and the vase (4)

“Brother Ed!” Ku Jian saw him sitting cross-legged on the stone slab and ran over to cling to him.

“You are awake.” Tie Nse said, “You must have gained much from that long a seclusion.” he said, but Ed just stared at the two.

“Are you stable?” Nti Anem asked and Ku Jian froze with her arms around Ed.

“I will not erupt and kill you,” Ed answered straightforwardly and Tie Nse frowned. He was not the only one who had noticed it. Ed still looked relaxed like he had before, he still felt like a scholar as usual, but something about him seemed as though staring at an ancient statue. Every time he spoke it felt as though they were spectators that set eyes upon a great work of art and it suddenly spoke to them.

Tie Nse could only sigh. His disciple was getting stranger and stranger.