Thermos things might be a stand in, but they don't work as well for the tea... a proper strainer would be lovely, too.

( the built in ones...

he pauses, then smiles, inclining his head in turn and taking the offered sort of seating. he's enjoyed the lotuses in his time here, with their variety of colours in the pond. part of them will always smell like home, in the better and less pleasing ways.

he shakes his head, and lifts his tea mug to zewu-jun. )

Here's to the belief in others being easier than the belief in one's self.