Shen Yuan swats at him, embarrassed, but makes herself nod instead of denying it. "It's--it feels. Easier. Not because this body is a woman,¹ but because it isn't, like-- I spent so long having to... pretend. To be. You know. Cold, and aloof--enough like Shen Qingqiu that no one who knew him would suspect a change beyond a qi deviation. Obviously here I'm working on not pretending anymore, but it's still." He bites his lip. "I told Magnus I was worried I wouldn't have enough of a connection to his body to be pulled back in when this whole bodyswap ends. But--I kind of wish I could stay? Not that I want to steal Ragnelle's body forever! I just--"

¹ It is definitely at least a little bit because this body is a woman.