[sometime after this exchange, but presumably before this one, Jin Guangyao is back at home and--at least for now--out of immediate danger. he's also not thinking especially clearly, and remembers several hours too late Grady's advice from their brief telepathic conversation. and so, laying in bed and trying to will his head to stop throbbing, he gingerly reaches out--]
march 7th; after the boarding house fire
Quentin, are you all right?