"Old Lin, how can you be so stingy? We're not asking you to give Master Zhao's calligraphy away, just to lend it to us so we can take it home to appreciate and study it. You won't even agree to that? That's not very friendly of you, is it?"
"Exactly! Come on, Old Lin, we've been friends for decades! You won't even agree to a small thing like this? You're showing us no respect at all!"
"Old Lin, I'm not asking for much. Just lend me that 'Supreme Among the Five Mountains' piece in Seal Script. You know I practice Seal Script myself. Master Zhao's command of the script is simply breathtaking, a work of divine creation. If I could take it back to study, my own skill in Seal Script would surely see a massive breakthrough!"
"Old Lin, just do your old pal a favor and lend me a piece! I just want that one in the Slender Gold style… ah, no, I mean, *lend* it! Don't worry, I'll definitely give it back!"
