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I'm not sure either of them has the capacity for that. They'll just lovingly skewer eachother to death every day...
Maybe. Although I doubt either of them will harm her.
...We might have to explain the truth to her sooner than later, however.
...We might have to explain the truth to her sooner than later, however.
[Jing Yuan flinches, there. Dan Heng is right. This Dan Feng is a mystery, and just as mad as Blade. But...
But Jing Yuan hasn't yet fully accepted it. He doesn't actually want to harden his heart here, or give up on the possibility of making things better. Even hearing what this Dan Feng did in his world, he--]
...He is still Dan Feng.
But Jing Yuan hasn't yet fully accepted it. He doesn't actually want to harden his heart here, or give up on the possibility of making things better. Even hearing what this Dan Feng did in his world, he--]
...He is still Dan Feng.
[It's not Dan Heng, it's true. This time it really is Dan Feng, just... a horribly twisted version of him. The prospect of letting Dan Feng go again is just... too much, just yet.
He sighs, nodding in resigned agreement, and then pulls his knees to his chest and puts his face in them.]
She doesn't exist, in his reality. But he's sharp enough to figure it out, with the information I gave him about ours.
He sighs, nodding in resigned agreement, and then pulls his knees to his chest and puts his face in them.]
She doesn't exist, in his reality. But he's sharp enough to figure it out, with the information I gave him about ours.
Most likely so. She is... so much like her. And like him too, just a little.
Her existence is so impossible, and the topic of Dan Feng so fraught, that it pays for all sides to let themselves be blinded.
[He laughs, though it's sad and he's still staying curled up.]
And, of course, I am incredibly manipulative.
[He laughs, though it's sad and he's still staying curled up.]
And, of course, I am incredibly manipulative.
There is a line of separation you ought to keep, Dan Heng.
[With a sigh, he lifts his head enough to give him that melancholy smile.]
I was not party to her creation, nor did I have the means to sway her fate in the end... or any of their fates. What they did then and what I have done since are separate matters.
[With a sigh, he lifts his head enough to give him that melancholy smile.]
I was not party to her creation, nor did I have the means to sway her fate in the end... or any of their fates. What they did then and what I have done since are separate matters.
There's no need for thanks. She is... the embodiment of the happiness we all wished for, back then.
[He means that, truly. The warmth and joy they shared when things were good, and the dreams none of them could ever fulfill -- all of it survived the tragedy, in her. And besides, she's just a good girl. He likes her for who she is, independent of how she came to be.]
Watching over her is a privilege.
[He means that, truly. The warmth and joy they shared when things were good, and the dreams none of them could ever fulfill -- all of it survived the tragedy, in her. And besides, she's just a good girl. He likes her for who she is, independent of how she came to be.]
Watching over her is a privilege.
Why? I didn't do it out of duty, or for gratitude. I did it because I wanted to.
[Just. Stares at him.
Why do people keep saying these things to him today!?]
Why do people keep saying these things to him today!?]
[...just.
just starts laughing. At least it's a more genuine laugh this time?? It's just. Also a little manic. It's been a long day.]
What an absurd place this has turned out to be!
just starts laughing. At least it's a more genuine laugh this time?? It's just. Also a little manic. It's been a long day.]
What an absurd place this has turned out to be!
It's not that. I just... I've heard such wonderful and horrible things today, back and forth, that I cannot help but wonder if this is all some fevered dream.
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