[He'd protest, though it would be more performative than feeling affronted at the insinuation-- Rinne didn't know a lot of people taller than him, so it's actually a pretty big deal when they are-- but the way he falls quiet has Rinne falling quiet too. After all, he already had an inkling about the truth, but he had kind of hoped that perhaps Hua Cheng would prove him wrong.

Figures he wouldn't. The thing Rinne dislikes most, is when his gut feeling is proven right, but he can't do anything about it.

He's lucky he isn't part-wolf anymore, or else he wouldn't have been able to mask his feelings about it. The ears had been too expressive, and one look at it and all of Rinne's masking is seen through. Here, he just huffs, reaching up to... smooth his hand over Hua Cheng's hair, in an attempt to comfort him. His grin is wide, in an attempt to keep cheerful, so that Hua Cheng doesn't feel down.]

That so? Guess he must've found a ticket outta here. Think he found a hole that drops him back home like a reverse Wonderland?