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[rootsforyou]

[lets her hands work as she takes this all in, cutting the chicken and settling it onto a plate before reaching for what Lan Wangji has put together]

...YunmengJiang was at the siege?

[strikingchords]

It was.

...

The four. GusuLan as well.

[rootsforyou]

[closes her eyes and takes a deep, steadying breath. it's easier to keep her composure when she sort of knew what to expect]

Thank you for telling me. I didn't want to bring up something painful for you.

[strikingchords]

It is fine.

[still steady]

Not my place.

[rootsforyou]

How is it not your place?

[sets their completed chicken dish aside and makes a motion towards the ingredients for the lotus and pork rib soup; they can start putting that together]

[strikingchords]

...

I am still alive.

[he starts putting them together and moves them over to her]

[rootsforyou]

[bringing a pot to boil for the soup, helping to chop up ingredients and add them to the pot as they finish]

I wouldn't say that means it's not your place.

[strikingchords]

[he's quiet... looking down at the water]

[rootsforyou]

[this soup simmers for 4 hours buddy, you can't stay quiet forever]

...You wished to remain here for the time being. Do you still feel the same way after seeing what the tokens can do?

[strikingchords]

[girl i can stay quiet for days tho]

...

More so.

[rootsforyou]

Are you interested in what they have to offer? More than going home?

[strikingchords]

[looks at her, level, without challenge]

Are you not?

[rootsforyou]

I'm currently with Echidna. There isn't a way for me to obtain tokens. So I haven't thought on it too much at this time.

[strikingchords]

[doesn't answer...]

[rootsforyou]

You and A-Xian are quite alike in some ways.

[a little amused...]

[strikingchords]

[seriously, not taking it as a joke]

That is so.

[rootsforyou]

[it was serious!]

Did my answer displease you as well?

[strikingchords]

[pauses]

You have spoken on this?

[rootsforyou]

We spoke shortly after the announcement.

[strikingchords]

...

Why was he displeased?

[rootsforyou]

Is it difficult to guess?

[strikingchords]

We are unalike in other ways.

Please.

[rootsforyou]

[stirs the soup, idly]

He's interested in collecting enough tokens for a wish. But not for himself. For me, for Zixuan, for the Wens, for you. Even if he succeeds in correcting everything that happened, he has no intention of going back himself.

I told him that he should do as he wished. However, I wouldn't return without him. He didn't seem happy with that. So I...wanted to better understand the events that transpired leading up to our deaths. So that they can be avoided in the future, if that's the path we go down.

[strikingchords]

[his knuckles are clenched white on the edge of the cutting board; his hair shadows his face a little, but he has too much self control to hide it, so the iced-over lines of his profile are perfectly clear.]

...

[rootsforyou]

[covers the soup with a lid and shifts her body more to face him head-on, hands folded in front of her]

Feel free to speak your mind, Hanguang-Jun.