eastbound inbox.

[lanclan]

inbox for the mirror pendant of 'Average Sighren'.

“Please leave your message and I will attend it as soon as possible.”

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He assisted?

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Not about this, or that. I simply wanted to sit with him.

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...I see.



( That moment when the precepts prohibit burning curiosity. )

[lanclan]

Wangji, is that man your dearest friend?

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He is.

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[ He's sect leader, he's the older brother. Fuck it, we ball — ]

And is that all he is to you?

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I have staked blood, truth and name for him.

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You are still avoidant on this subject, as you were when a boy.

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I answer as asked.

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I was there after the lashes, after the way you burned yourself, after the drinking. I know what you have staked on him. I know he lives between your breaths and thoughts, whether he lives or not. He is a good man that I am sorry to have wronged and would gladly place my brother into the care of.

I hope one day you will trust me with this.

1/2

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His position has not shifted in nearly two decades.

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When I bound his wrist before our ancestor.

1/2

[lanclan]

[ Two decades and in front of their ancestor. Why is part of him not at all surprised? ]

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Wangji, did he realise?

[downswing]

By the fourth wedding.

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WANGJI!

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He initiated the turns after.

At ease. He will serve tea. I beg brother's patience. He lacks form.

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I am not put out by Wei Wuxian, if anything I am half-convinced I ought to seek his forgiveness on behalf of Gusu Lan!
You do not MARRY people without their consent. You of all people know this well.

Was the first time before you asked me if you could bring a man back to Cloud Recesses, to hide him?

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It was. A rite of duress.

Only those bound by clan ribbons were permitted sanctuary. One ribbon present.

I am not our father.

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I will believe you because I cannot wrap my head around how it happened otherwise.

Yet it took four rites for him to realise you were committed? What happened with the other three?

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He is a brilliant man.

And a fool.

[lanclan]

I knew this from the moment I sat him down to speak of you many years ago.

The three other rites, Wangji. Elaborate.

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Here. At times, after I took wine. Duress.

No expectations inflicted upon the unknowing.

[lanclan]

I did not expect there would be.

You have allowed me to address your husband so casually for this long. Wangji, I am embarrassed.

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What difference?