Yuan could mention that he'd been injured himself, that there's nothing easy about leaving behind the person you love, or adjusting to an entirely new life, or working to catch up with cultivators who have been training since childhood, or dealing with rumour and suspicion and having to win over an entire clan while fearing any moment somebody could find out one single fact that could ruin everything.
He could, but he wouldn't, because that's not who he is. Instead he lowers his gaze, accepting the warning - stay away from Jin Ling, he doesn't need you around.
Perhaps he should never have come.
"I certainly hope I can do my clan proud." He says, as calmly as he can manage.
"You always do us proud, little radish," Wuxian says immediately, levelling a glare at his brother- he doesn't want to start an argument, not when there's a risk of somebody saying something incriminating, but it's clearly taking effort to stop himself.
~~~
"I wanted to!" Zizhen protests, eyes wide as he stumbles back from the shove "Die went all paranoid about assassination attempts and barely let me out of his sight! I wasn't allowed to go anywhere."
Cautiously, he steps closer again.
"I'm sorry. I wanted to come back more than anything, but I couldn't disobey my father about that... not when... not when I need him to agree to a proper courtship...."
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Date: 2022-06-19 01:56 am (UTC)From:Yuan could mention that he'd been injured himself, that there's nothing easy about leaving behind the person you love, or adjusting to an entirely new life, or working to catch up with cultivators who have been training since childhood, or dealing with rumour and suspicion and having to win over an entire clan while fearing any moment somebody could find out one single fact that could ruin everything.
He could, but he wouldn't, because that's not who he is. Instead he lowers his gaze, accepting the warning - stay away from Jin Ling, he doesn't need you around.
Perhaps he should never have come.
"I certainly hope I can do my clan proud." He says, as calmly as he can manage.
"You always do us proud, little radish," Wuxian says immediately, levelling a glare at his brother- he doesn't want to start an argument, not when there's a risk of somebody saying something incriminating, but it's clearly taking effort to stop himself.
~~~
"I wanted to!" Zizhen protests, eyes wide as he stumbles back from the shove "Die went all paranoid about assassination attempts and barely let me out of his sight! I wasn't allowed to go anywhere."
Cautiously, he steps closer again.
"I'm sorry. I wanted to come back more than anything, but I couldn't disobey my father about that... not when... not when I need him to agree to a proper courtship...."