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It puts some distance between them. Luo Binghe can sense it. He and Liu Mingyan have known each other for so long. Their relationship is based on their understanding of each other—and holding each other's secrets. He is learning how to have relationships that are not based on power or sex, and he'd hoped that it would bring him closer to those he already cares about. But perhaps he is too different, and it is too alienating. "It's no threat to you," he says. "It's... I am still learning what it means."