I still can't say I understand it much...maybe a little better than before. I do feel I have a duty to this world! But I chose that out of love. It wasn't given to me or anything like that. I can't imagine what that's like.
[he reaches up to touch that hand, lingering there, very gently.]
Anyway, I'd say you understand duty well enough to know how to balance it with the rest of your life. That's my impression of you. It's definitely not my impression of him.
[frankly he does not have a lot of experience of things getting better with time, except here! he accepts the hug and puts an arm back up around him, though. he is not going to shut Magolor out just because he's sad and angry.]
[fortunately for them, here is where they are, for now. whether or not things get better naturally over time in their own world, here is where they are, and here has its ways.]
Not that I think you're on the road to becoming besties. But if nothing else, it's impossible to avoid things here, which usually turns out for the better, as much as I hate that.
[HE DOES NOT USUALLY THINK OF HIMSELF AS A MAN IMPATIENT WITH NECESSARY EVILS! but thirteen years is a long time to learn to reconcile yourself to them.]
Oh, I keep very close records. I have since I got here! I'm that kind of person, and I especially was back then. I keep track of the days and the passage of time. As far as I can tell, one day here is about equivalent to a seven-day week, on average. I don't think it passes at a steady pace, either, but I can't prove that!
Er, weeeeeell, it's my diary too, and some of it's very personal stuff. It's not only the passage of time I'm keeping track of, you know. I keep an eye on the passage of Magolor, too!
I didn't think you would. But since I do like helping you out, if you're interested in an abridged calendar version, that'd be easy enough for me to do for you! Going back 85 days . . . that's when I arrived.
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[he reaches up to touch that hand, lingering there, very gently.]
Anyway, I'd say you understand duty well enough to know how to balance it with the rest of your life. That's my impression of you. It's definitely not my impression of him.
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Not so different. Was born to my Sect and clan. But I want it.
Reasons are not excuses.
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Did not think it.
[paffs at his head gently :(]
The years have been long. For all.
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[he lifts up to turn and give Lan Wangji a hug. huff!!]
You're too kind even when I've disappointed you. But this is all pretty nasty all around . . . I do think it'll get better.
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[frankly he does not have a lot of experience of things getting better with time, except here! he accepts the hug and puts an arm back up around him, though. he is not going to shut Magolor out just because he's sad and angry.]
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[fortunately for them, here is where they are, for now. whether or not things get better naturally over time in their own world, here is where they are, and here has its ways.]
Not that I think you're on the road to becoming besties. But if nothing else, it's impossible to avoid things here, which usually turns out for the better, as much as I hate that.
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Avoidance may be best for harmony.
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How long, since my arrival?
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[He does some quick mental math. But it's probably saying something that it's not hard mental math, and he can access it very quickly.]
Seventy days, ish.
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Perhaps four months ago.
Time is strange, here. But nonetheless.
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I see...so it's still that raw. I didn't realize just how recently you'd come off of everything that happened.
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Thirteen years difference. Thus.
[HE DOES NOT USUALLY THINK OF HIMSELF AS A MAN IMPATIENT WITH NECESSARY EVILS! but thirteen years is a long time to learn to reconcile yourself to them.]
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[he pats Lan Wangji's hand, warmly.]
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You have marked it?
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Mm. Will not pry.
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If it is not trouble.
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My thanks, then.