If it's not something I'm good at, then I'll get better. If it's important to you, then it's important to me. Just because I miss talking to you doesn't mean you don't deserve to have your space.
Satisfied that Itachi hasn't decided to forego his own needs for Wei Wuxian's, he could probably use a little clarification on just what those needs are now.]
You don't mind talking now? I mean about anything.
[There are a dozen jokes that come to mind and he bites them all back, realizing that Itachi is serious. That some part of him had expected him to walk away.
He understands why. A lot of people would have and he can't even say they would be wrong for it.
Wei Wuxian closes his eyes for a second, and lets the breeze whisper through his hair as he thinks of the first day he'd felt an honest connection with Itachi. I am a criminal and a terrorist, he'd said and instead of feeling what most people would feel, all Wei Wuxian had felt was...a little less lonely than before.]
You're right. Nothing ever will.
[And before the sincerity of that can scare him off—] How have things been on The Silent Plunder? I know it's nothing you can't handle, but it sounds harsh.
[Wei Wuxian takes a full minute to respond because he loses it and has to walk inside the cabin so that no one will see him laughing all by himself and think he's a crazy person. It takes a lot to get Itachi to make up words.]
I'm absolutely asking him. [And he will demand details.]
[Just be glad he has only learned so much slang and modern American lingo. And bunko.
He laughs for a moment more before remembering he actually has something important to tell him.] Oh, I found our demon. I'm fine, he wasn't a demon at the time. He is apparently, the king of Ravka. [And isn't that a fun bit of information?]
It's some sort of possession. I can guarantee he wasn't lying or faking that part.
I think so. [He pauses to consider sharing one of his theories and then decides he might as well. If he was going to tell anyone, it would be Itachi.]
Their world has something that is at least a little similar to resentful energy. Aleksander compared my resentful energy to it, and I think that's what I felt from the demon.
Anyway, he didn't exactly want to talk about it so I don't know much yet.
Possibly. What he did tell me was that he's at risk of losing control of it when he's asleep and off of the station. I'm trying to modify something to help him but I'm not sure if I can.
Then you're probably better equipped to deal with this than me. When we're back on the station, let's talk about it some more. And in the meantime, Nikolai is on your ship. Be careful with him.
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If it's not something I'm good at, then I'll get better. If it's important to you, then it's important to me. Just because I miss talking to you doesn't mean you don't deserve to have your space.
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Very well.
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Satisfied that Itachi hasn't decided to forego his own needs for Wei Wuxian's, he could probably use a little clarification on just what those needs are now.]
You don't mind talking now? I mean about anything.
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If knowing this has not driven you away, I expect nothing further I could tell you would.
Speaking is fine.
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He understands why. A lot of people would have and he can't even say they would be wrong for it.
Wei Wuxian closes his eyes for a second, and lets the breeze whisper through his hair as he thinks of the first day he'd felt an honest connection with Itachi. I am a criminal and a terrorist, he'd said and instead of feeling what most people would feel, all Wei Wuxian had felt was...a little less lonely than before.]
You're right. Nothing ever will.
[And before the sincerity of that can scare him off—] How have things been on The Silent Plunder? I know it's nothing you can't handle, but it sounds harsh.
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instead — ๏ผ
You should ask Jake.
๏ผ he cannot, with any dignity, describe the persona he's needed to craft to avoid jake being thrown off the ship (literally)
(and probably also himself, but frankly, he could take them.) ๏ผ
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What did he do?
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๏ผ it's a fit of exasperated pique that finishes that statement with a telltale lack of his usual reserve — ๏ผ
— Jaked.
๏ผ coming at you live, the man who brought us 'doctor snakes'... ๏ผ
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I'm absolutely asking him. [And he will demand details.]
Sounds like you two are having fun.
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๏ผ would that he were Hip to the Lingo of Kids These Days, that 'not' might have come through capitalized. alas, he rejects modernity. ๏ผ
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He laughs for a moment more before remembering he actually has something important to tell him.] Oh, I found our demon. I'm fine, he wasn't a demon at the time. He is apparently, the king of Ravka. [And isn't that a fun bit of information?]
It's some sort of possession. I can guarantee he wasn't lying or faking that part.
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Unrelated to the orbs?
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Their world has something that is at least a little similar to resentful energy. Aleksander compared my resentful energy to it, and I think that's what I felt from the demon.
Anyway, he didn't exactly want to talk about it so I don't know much yet.
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And he's not exactly fond of Aleksander either. [Unsurprisingly, but still worth mentioning.]
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๏ผ he's not above modifying a sealing jutsu, let's be real. ๏ผ
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I will speak with him.
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