half agony, half hope

[ID: TGCF comic starring Hua Cheng. The first panel shows him reacting in shock to an array communication from He Xuan, who tells him: "His Highness the Crown Prince of Xianle has ascended (again). Anyway, he's gonna [be] on this mountain." A location pin on a mountain is shown. Hua Cheng then kicks down a door, in the style of the Candace meme from Phineas and Ferb. He yells, "OMW!!" then suddenly freezes and and goes, "WAIT." He's focused on the earring he's wearing; a red bead with a tassel.

This is true of the manga, but I love how the anime accentuates the absolute physical trust the apprentices have with Qifrey. Specifically with Agott, the way she is so ready when Qifrey says “hang on tight, I need my hands free” to cling to him a mile into the sky, and then in the latest episode, how, as soon as she impacts Qifrey while flying to him, she makes no move to save herself, she just curls into him and trusts that he will keep them from falling.