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Nic didn't say anything, letting Laurel keep her hand on his.

Over a few days Wolfe kept an eye on Long and visited Fin again. He wasn't mean to him but still as forceful as ever. He was getting too busy again and forgetting to make time only for Raven.

Laurel continued to avoid most of the neonates and continued her training schedule.

Three days after their last encounter, the neonates troupe of Snow, Tulip, Rosen and now Zala entered Long's room unannounced.

Raven didn't bother Wolfe about making more time. Not yet.

Long turned his head a little, expecting Yue. When the groups entered, he looked a little overwhelmed again. And this time Yue wasn't there as a cushion.

"See!" Tulip proclaimed to Zala, "Isn't he adorable?"

Zala shrugged a little, eyeing Long, "Is this really Sheng's right hand man?" she inquired in a soft voice, "He has the face of a boy band."

Snow laughed at that.

"He is rather cute," Rosen agreed.

"Oh, don't you start," Tulip pinched his arm again, "Don't you have a girlfriend already? What's the girls name..."

"Missy," Zala informed her.

Rosen made a disgusted face, "Missy?! I'd never, ever get involved with her!"

"She's not that bad," Snow said with an eyeroll.

Somehow they all seemed to have forgotten Long was there as they argued about Missy.

Long simply watched them for awhile, trying to get a feel for their social dynamics.

In this group, it was hard to feel any social dynamics. The top dog seemed to switch up continuously because of how different each of them were. Snow seemed to be on top the most, Rosen picked on the most but also got his way the most, Tulip seemed to be the most prone to violence and Zala was the quiet brains that mostly stayed in the background.

Eventually they turned their attention back to Long. "So how are you liking it here? Different than the Yin Long?" Snow asked.

"I hope you're smarter than you look," was Zala's comment.

"You never answered my question about your shampoo..." Tulip complained.

Long blinked, glancing at each one of their faces for a short moment. "... Different," he agreed after another moment as he looked at Snow. Then he turned to Zala and replied, "Thank you..." And then finally he looked to Tulip and gave her the name of the brand. It was fairly standard and well known, nothing fancy.

They all seemed surprised Long had answered.

Then Rosen stepped a little closed, peering down at Long, "Do you have a boyfriend back at home?" he inquired, earning an eye-roll from all three ladies.

"No," Long replied simply as he turned his head to Rosen, reading nothing into the question.

Rosen raised an eyebrow, "What, do your people not date?" he inquired.

Snow muttered something under her breath to Zala who nodded a little. Tulip started spinning around in little circles.

Long glanced the girls for a short moment, observing their behaviors before turning back to Rosen. "... Only if they are heterosexual," he replied.

Four pairs of eyes stared at Long. Rosen's eyebrows raised.

"Seriously?" Snow muttered in disbelief.

Zala shook her head a little, "You're the only gay?" she clarified.

Tulip, after pausing to stare at him, went back to her circles.

Long pondered how to answer the question for a moment or two before nodding to Zala. "Yes," he replied to keep the conversation on this topic short.

Rosen shrugged, "Well, you know Wolfe's gay, right? And his boyfriend Raven. So there's two more gay people for you to meet here. And I'm bi," he added with a grin.

Snow didn't look like she believed he was the only one, "Yin Long doesn't approve of the lifestyle, correct?"

Long glanced over to Snow, "... Yes," he answered.

Snow nodded, "Well, we're new age thinkers on this side," she informed him.

"Feel free to act as gay as you want," Rosen pipped in.

"Like wearing heels!" Tulip squealed.

Zala looked bored.