"So...a mess," Mingjue concludes at the end of both their tales and reaches out for Xichen. He knows how much Xichen loves Wangji. He murmured a quiet, "I'm sorry, Xichen."
Beyond that, though: "What you you both are saying is that demonic cultivation won us Sunshot and killed just about all the Jin and Jiang of our generation afterward."
Hrm. The knowledge that future-him would have had to lean so much on spies and unorthodoxy simply to defeat what should be defeated sat poorly beneath his ribs. He couldn't say he cared much for the repercussions, even if neither the Jin nor the Jiang had much to do with him beyond being other great sects.
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Date: 2021-05-17 07:29 pm (UTC)Beyond that, though: "What you you both are saying is that demonic cultivation won us Sunshot and killed just about all the Jin and Jiang of our generation afterward."
Hrm. The knowledge that future-him would have had to lean so much on spies and unorthodoxy simply to defeat what should be defeated sat poorly beneath his ribs. He couldn't say he cared much for the repercussions, even if neither the Jin nor the Jiang had much to do with him beyond being other great sects.
"Well, fuck."