"I don't know much about them, to be honest." He hasn't been here long, so it's all still new to him. "I've been doing what feels familiar to me and hoping for the best." Hence him performing what are basically imitations of cultivator techniques. So far he's been surprisingly successful. It would be a good feeling under better circumstances.

Wen Ning doesn't stay too close to the other man, both for Jin Zixuan's comfort and because his wounded leg is slowing him down. He's determined to not let it be too much of a hindrance, though. He doesn't want to be the one keeping him from going wherever it is he intends to go.

"How does this place decide what we are?" He asks this for the sake of neutral conversation only. Both the animals picked for Wei Wuxian and Jin Zixuan have been very fitting so far.