"I do admit things are better than they were. I remember life under Mao and it was far from pleasant." Except for the fact that he'd died before he should have been born. "I mean I read about it." Shi 'corrected' quickly, flushing a little.
He shrugs a little at the last question and flips through the menu. King may be been here before, but he hasn't. "I don't dislike cities, but I find it's easier to wind up alone in them than it is to wind up alone in a small town. People in cities don't tend to pay attention to other people. They're all strangers, even to the people who live in the same building at times."