Are her eye sockets -- oh god. Oh yikes. It won't make any difference to the blind woman glaring him down, but Shen Qingqiu still pulls out his fan regardless. For the sense of security.

"It's not mind reading, just a little spirit sight," he tries to explain. "Normally I can get a sense of whether someone has magical abilities or martial skill, but in the case of people from your world I can also tell if they've been touched by one of the Dread Powers that Sims told me of. Admittedly this is my first time seeing someone as, uh...heavily scarred by them as you..." He coughs delicately into his sleeve. "Once again I apologize for my rudeness. The fault is entirely my own."