#Mr. Xiao being open to change‚ and change brought over by short life species‚ makes so much sense

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I'm honestly obsessed with Mr. Xiao. He may be my favourite (very) tertiary character ever. I love everything he adds just by being how he is in the context of the worldbuilding and sidequests of the Xianzhou. Arguably something similar happens with master Huaiyan

#The beginning and the end #No but really I love him. I'm taking pictures of Mr. Xiao like crazy this is stupid. I have over a dozen now xD #But it's all so intriguing? The potential of the vagueness of barely knowing him? #And still how telling and meaningful and fitting it all is? Goodness did they include all that on purpose? #Am I reading too much? Is HSR really this careful with details? #The first thing Mr. Xiao tells us is that he *guarantees* he'll fix whatever we need #and that it would be good as new‚ which has echoes of the 'arrogant craftsman' #Then he is silent and stubborn. He doesn't want to beat around the bush or engage in idle chat #And the fact that Mr. Xiao was the one proposing the renovation of the market seems to be so fitting #of someone who once studied under Yingxing? Yingxing‚ who against all odds was able to do what he did as a short life species #Yingxing‚ who liked to go beyond expectations in his crafts‚ beyond what could be done #Mr. Xiao being open to change‚ and change brought over by short life species‚ makes so much sense #It also works in a symbolic way I think. Mr. Xiao as one of the last remnants of that period that is lost to tales #Yet accepting and encouraging the change #And still in his shy stern stoic demeanour he gifts us the object that tells a story about that which was and that which made him who he is #I don't know... Every detail around this character is so well integrated and serves as culmination or terminus of so many stories #I like him a lot as stupid as it is to be so fond of such a fleeting character haha #Mr. Xiao #I talk too much