tfln.

[freeshavacados]

you know what to do.

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[desultorily]

Once Hanguang-Jun controls the setting of the sun, and no sooner.

[quietroom]

Wei Ying.

[desultorily]

That's still me. Hello.

[quietroom]

I am aware. There is no one else capable of engendering such feelings inside me.

[desultorily]

Have you considered a knife? I hear we both sting.

But don't let the forgesmiths fool you. I'm much handsomer.

[quietroom]

I would not argue beauty with a forgesmith. I am not outright a fool.

You are still deflecting. Why?

[desultorily]

For your benefit. This path walks to confrontation, and I'm tired of making you angry. It's a bad look on you. One day, that frown will wrinkle.

[quietroom]

Wei Ying. I would welcome your presence in my home, and taking care of you would bring me joy. It is your disbelief that hurts — I am not angry.

[desultorily]

You have this way about you, of making me sound like a kept pet.

[quietroom]

Ah. That was not my intent.

You have my sincere apologies that I made you feel less than what you are, Wei Wuxian.

[desultorily]

Don't make a weapon of my name. Others still have to use it.

[quietroom]

You can use my title as a measure of distance. Yet I am not allowed to formally apologize for wronging you?

[desultorily]

Yes. That's how it is.

Any further thoughts on the inequities between us? Speaking from advantage, I quite like them.

[quietroom]

Is it?

You have my heart and I do not have yours. What great inequity lies between us beyond that?

[desultorily]

...Lan Zhan. You're not teasing, are you. We've struck blood?

You do. Mind, heart, strength, fealty. You have them. You do have them.

[quietroom]

Do I ever tease, Wei Ying?

Then why are you parted from me?

[desultorily]

I can care for you and still hate everything the world's built after Qishan fell, can't I?

[quietroom]

You can. You were always adept at handling such nuance.

[desultorily]

I can't win here. If I argue it's not personal, you'll tell me there's nothing more intimate than estrangement. If I deflect, you'll give chase. If I say 'soon,' you will want to mark the particulars.

What would you do? Advise me.

[quietroom]

Allow a moment of vulnerability: I do not know. My words lack the surety of action and what I think assurance only a hindrance.

What do you want, Wei Ying?

[desultorily]

Everything. But I'll settle for looking after Yuan and baby Ling and Wen Ning. I wish Yunmeng, but I know. And Jiang Cheng knows.

And you. I'll have you.

[quietroom]

Your directness is valued.

Yes, Wei Ying. You will always have me.

[desultorily]

Ah. I thought I was deflecting.

[quietroom]

Words complicate everything.

Were you deflecting?

[desultorily]

You've said so.