I would note that the Xuan option unlocks Isolation, which is not a good sign from a shipping perspective.
This is misleading. Look at Qi's definition of Isolation and progressing in it is improving her understanding of it, rather than increasing Isolation.
Isolation III (2/5): As starvation is privation of the body, isolation is privation of the soul. To be alone is to suffer,yet it is possible to find meaning in hardship. What do the cold streets of that sad city mean?
Isolation with Xuan Shi means exploring how, and just as importantly
why being alone is suffering. When should solitude be sought and when it should be avoided.
In a shipping sense this is pretty much two people who were hurt in similar ways coming to an understanding.
Expression III (1/5): Art, music is the expression of ideas, the sharing of concepts with other people and beings. It can express the truth of your soul, it can express desires, it can express simple observations and so much more. You have only begun to explore the truth of art.
Bao Qian meanwhile is exploring an aspect of communication via artistic enterprise.
On a political level, how art can talk to some people about one thing, but convey entirely different things to others.
And Suyin's is something completely new.
What does creation mean to Qi? Its not just an interpretation of Expression here, she's not just using music to scream at the world until it bleeds.
Choosing is hard >.>
[X] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
[X] A set of notes and a disassembled puppet of ivory and wood reclaimed from an abandoned workshop after its owner passed away with no next of kin. (Gift for Li Suyin, Unlocks Creation Boosting personal action)
