[Jedao smiles at him, appreciating it.]

Thank you, Hakkai-shei.

I...he's similar, but also very different. Kujen was happy and petty and bored. He didn't feel despair at all.

[Anger and obsession and despair are still ways of caring about the world, of reacting to things other than selfishness. The barge thinks that Jun Wu can change. Jedao wants to give him - an open hand, a chance. But it's nice to place him firmly in the category of beautiful, but my father-in-law's problem, as extra surety against becoming too entangled.]