If anyone had heard what this young couple talked about over breakfast, their jaws would probably have hit the floor.
Other people talked about everyday family matters: whether they would come home for lunch, who would pick up the children...
This pair said things like, "Since you can only take light, small things for now, try finding a loophole. Bring out my cloak, for instance. It's brocade woven from clouds, with the autumn wind as needle and thread, gathering the spiritual energy of sunset clouds. Nothing could be lighter or thinner..."
Chu Ge said, "I thought of that just now too. I tried, but it didn't work. Its grade is probably just too high. Maybe energy counts as weight too?"
Qiu Wuji wasn't surprised. She nodded as she bit into a steamed bun. "Sure enough, it isn't that easy... Or rather, perhaps the restriction was never on weight in the first place, but on energy."
Chu Ge drank his soy milk. "Probably. No gaming the system."
"Wipe the soy milk off your mouth before you speak."
"...Oh." Chu Ge wiped his mouth and said earnestly, "You're different, though. You don't have to wipe yours."
Qiu Wuji said, "Get lost."
They silently ate a few more bites before Qiu Wuji said thoughtfully, "If the restriction is fundamentally on energy rather than weight, bringing elixirs over directly probably won't work either. Bringing materials over in batches to refine them is worth considering, though... Also, if weight isn't the issue, we could bring some ore over first and forge a good pill furnace. Or perhaps you could bring a furnace over directly?"
"Other people can refine pills in rice cookers."
Qiu Wuji slapped down her chopsticks. "Then go find someone else!"
Chu Ge was instantly sunk. He hunched his shoulders and fell silent.