Xie Lian almost wants to ask so many questions, but he clams up and just receives the braid with both hands and another bow of his head. This feels significant in a lot of ways. Creatures as powerful as this one is don't easily part with pieces of themselves just for the fun of it, but it doesn't feel polite to ask.

"I don't think we would forget you even if we could... I'm sorry, is there a title to call you by, or something? I don't know what to call you."