( Flinched, his arm nearly pulls back. He steadies, levels a gaze cutting, sharp. And the next breath, brittle: ) I requested you, so he need not know. ( Do not... betray him in this way, not with Wei Ying so often prone to drowning in the well of his easy anger, his impatience. )
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( Flinched, his arm nearly pulls back. He steadies, levels a gaze cutting, sharp. And the next breath, brittle: )
I requested you, so he need not know.
( Do not... betray him in this way, not with Wei Ying so often prone to drowning in the well of his easy anger, his impatience. )