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[strikingchords]

[puts the cutting board in the sink and starts washing the horrible pepper juice off of it.]

Every day since is after.

[rootsforyou]

. . .

[moves to help rinse and dry]

You said he didn't remember.

[strikingchords]

Mm.

[passes it to her; sure]

[rootsforyou]

[doesn't continue that train of thought; rinses and dries all of the dishes in silence]

[strikingchords]

[the soup is still simmering...

Lan Wangji nods to her, when they're done]

Young Madame Jin. You are greatly missed. You spoke of the cost of wishing.

How have you priced your regrets?

[rootsforyou]

How should I price something like that? I don't regret the actions I took. Only what's left undone.

[strikingchords]

...

...

[breathes out... softer again, repeating it:]

We are in sympathy.

[rootsforyou]

We are.

[reaches for his hand, slow and with care, giving him the room to refuse if he doesn't want the contact]

It's presumptuous to say. But I understand your situation, a bit. I'm sorry.

[she does know exactly what it's like to be in love with someone who has rejected you]

[strikingchords]

[he doesn't refuse it! they are holding hands again.]

No need.

...

Young Madame Jin. I am not unaware of costs.

[rootsforyou]

[gives his hand a squeeze! it is meant to be a comfort]

You are determined in this. Tell me what it is you wish to achieve.

[strikingchords]

"What is left undone." Impossible not to attempt.

[quiet for a moment...]

At that time. Would ask only your willing consideration.

[rootsforyou]

[inclines her head]

Of course. I will give everything its due consideration. I would prefer it if we found a solution that everyone is pleased with.

[strikingchords]

[squeezes her hand back...]

Would not willingly displease you.

[rootsforyou]

...I've been too careful with my words. What you and A-Xian wish to do is well-intentioned. Although I have my own obligations here, and have worries about what the reception might be for our potential return, I am aware that you will think it through carefully. Even if what is decided upon is not exactly what I wish, I could not possibly be displeased with it.

[strikingchords]

...

Young Madame Jin.

Please understand. I had wished to speak with you.

[rootsforyou]

...You said that before as well. Is there something else on your mind?

[strikingchords]

We had not conversed.

However, several years ago. I participated at Phoenix Mountain. You defended Wei Ying then.

...

You have your concerns. Continue to consider them. As well, possible remedies.

To think things through properly, we must value your counsel.

[rootsforyou]

...I promise to consider carefully. You have my word. Once I have thought on it more I may have questions for you regarding how you believe Zewu-Jun will respond to certain proposals. Your insight will be invaluable.

[lets go of his hands to prepare them some tea. this seems like a tea kind of talk]

I admit that I'm a little surprised. You remembered the incident at Phoenix Mountain. While it didn't seem like you were on bad terms then, that was what everyone had been saying since the war. Have you always viewed him fondly, or did something change your opinion of him?

[strikingchords]

Skilled action is memorable.

[when you are about to draw a sword on a dude and then a tiny lady fixes it by apologizing to him politely instead, you remember it.

he'll recognize the "I'm going to put on tea for us to sit and have tea" signals and sit while he watches her...]

...

It has not changed.

[rootsforyou]

[pauses in the middle of getting out tea leaves]

...Did you also think that your meeting was like something out of a poem?

[it isn't even teasing, just openly curious to see how his memory of their meeting stacks up with Wei Wuxian's recounting]

[strikingchords]

"To overturn Heaven and Earth."

...

Perhaps, "when they mingle."

[rootsforyou]

[forgets to steep the tea for a second. this is so much more than she expected]

I'm not familiar with the second. But believe I understand your meaning all the same.

[strikingchords]

[she probably would be familiar if he quoted it properly but this is also too much. he is now embarrassed. he needs the secondary layer of stupid wordplay, which is unworthy of him: tfw your tendency to be piningly dramatic briefly intersects with your crush's self-obscuring nonsense and you have to drag yourself about it]

...

Regardless.

[rootsforyou]

[nerd]

Regardless. I did not realize it had been for so long.

[strikingchords]

It is not relevant.