The prince grabbed 2 pairs of chopsticks and motioned the boy to follow.

'Hold on, ' Maomao commanded.

They froze and she knelt down to be at eye level with the boy. She decided to support Jinshi 's developing communication style, ruffling his little afro, 'thank you for your help, I appreciate it. '

He grinned broadly and followed Jinshi out.

***

Zui strode out into the garden, strategizing on how to make this engaging for the young boy. He didn 't have his striking rails yet, nor did he even have a vertical post the boy could hit. And he wasn 't quite focused enough to just do strikes repeatedly, yesterday had proven that. He scanned the garden itself and got an idea, kneeling before the boy.

'Today is about

control

. Do you remember rule #3? '

Ling pondered for several beats, the prince decided to help, 'would you like a hint? '

He nodded, Yue smiled, 'the saying had 2 parts, 'bite small ' and? '