Prelude [1/3]

There are various ways to check if a certain individual is immortal.

You can observe them for years to see if the progression of time have carved their way into their features. Maybe cut them yourself and see if they bleed and heal in the ways as a mortal human ought to. Or perhaps just ask if they're the none-secretive type.

But Xiao knows of a much more efficient way.

For the yaksha need only to look into their eyes to know the true extent of their life, a most useful if not sometimes unsettling skill.

And the look in your eyes had defied all logic.

[Xiao x Gender Neutral! Reader] anthology

(I'm importing this from ao3 and Quotev years after its initial publication, so it's old and you can see my writing evolve)