Focus on: Zhao Yunlan meets the young Envoy in Allied Forces HQ, ep 34

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Ep 34, 35:52 - 38:26 (here on Youtube)
Viki subs, lightly edited; screencaps lightened a little.



Zhao Yunlan appears from behind a screen, wearing his Kunlun outfit.

( The scene )

( Some observations )

Questions

1. What do you think Zhao Yunlan means by "take off your mask and smile"? Is he speaking literally? And what do you think the Envoy thinks he means?
2. What do you think made Shen Wei so much more reserved in the future -- meeting Ye Zun again, losing Kunlun, twenty plus years' waiting in modern day Dragon City... all of the above? Something else?
3. What is the Envoy thinking in that pause before he follows Zhao Yunlan out of the chamber?
4. Any thoughts about parallels between this and their first meeting in episode 1?
5. What might the pink glowy thing in the background be? What other technology might the Allied Forces have had?