[ Memories. Hatred. Confusion. The old ache that ravaged his temples on arrival, returned even in the absence of the light haze. A sea of migraine, setting him for ruin, as he returns his sword to its hold with a trembling hand.
The boy-thing weeps on, his wretchedness and turmoil unending.
In another world, a distant day, Lan Wangji might have been possessed of the slip of silk to spare him for his ablutions. Now, he only has his fruit, round and perfectly competent, lifted again as if Wangji is proffering an exotic blessing unto Jin Ling, and not the last resort of a frustrated parent, riddling the whims of his child's hurts. ]
Eat.
[ Softer than before, no better than when the little Wen needed his soothing. Grown now, even that child. Lan Sizhui. Fruit and gifts of kindness never poisoned one child; they cannot spoil another. ]
Stand with him. [ And the reason, written plain: ] You've already failed to stand against him.
[ Where one path led to disgrace and madness, its brother might serve better. The heir of the Jin would not present himself before Wangji, seeking out an executioner, if he thought himself in the right. ]
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The boy-thing weeps on, his wretchedness and turmoil unending.
In another world, a distant day, Lan Wangji might have been possessed of the slip of silk to spare him for his ablutions. Now, he only has his fruit, round and perfectly competent, lifted again as if Wangji is proffering an exotic blessing unto Jin Ling, and not the last resort of a frustrated parent, riddling the whims of his child's hurts. ]
Eat.
[ Softer than before, no better than when the little Wen needed his soothing. Grown now, even that child. Lan Sizhui. Fruit and gifts of kindness never poisoned one child; they cannot spoil another. ]
Stand with him. [ And the reason, written plain: ] You've already failed to stand against him.
[ Where one path led to disgrace and madness, its brother might serve better. The heir of the Jin would not present himself before Wangji, seeking out an executioner, if he thought himself in the right. ]