He flinches involuntarily at the narrow-eyed glare, then kicks himself. Stop showing weakness, Qinghua. He's a fucking Koopa you are not going to grovel to a goddamn Mario villain. Have some standards. If only because his boyfriend also knows about Mario and would be able to fully judge him for it. "It's been like sixty years since I played a Mario game," he says defensively. "You try remembering every villain from a video game series you haven't been in the same universe as for six decades."

"...There are only like, twenty people on this boat, I doubt you'll be able to keep your presence a secret from him. Especially if you want to like, eat, because there's only one cafeteria. I assume you need to eat."

...Should he go tell the Ship it shouldn't give this guy access to like, anything? Including the agricultural decks? Oh god if he gets poisoned by a fucking Koopa he is going to find and strangle whatever is bringing them here.