[ the text comes a significant while after his conversation with wei wuxian; he could guess (after asking about his suspicions regarding the two and receiving confirmation) that his friend would go to mull over everything he'd been told with itachi, and wouldn't intrude on that time. ]
So, I will have it known I'm only doing this because Jiang-xiong isn't here to do it!
But if you hurt Wei-xiong... well, it'd be a mistake.
[ this is a man whose one and only talent is exacting the most painful revenge imaginable. not that he thinks it's going to be necessary! but. you know. it's the spirit of things, or something. what wouldn't one do for a brother, right? ]
๏ผ it takes him a long, long moment to process what is actually occurring here, mostly because it takes a significant recalibration of his thought process to identify this for what it is:
someone is giving him the shovel talk. ๏ผ
Two years ago, I betrayed him on a mission as part of my personal goal, not knowing at the time if the result would be his death.
I have also utilized one of my more dangerous techniques against him without his consent, leaving him vulnerable in a dangerous situation for no greater a sin than trying to remove me from the confines of a memory.
I have been cold to him, and I have been cruel.
I have also been there in dark moments when he has wept. I have healed his wounds. I have defended him in combat and I would die in defense of not only his physical self, but the pursuit of his faintest hopes and fondest dreams. I have made him better than he was when I found him, as he has done the same for me.
If that is not enough for you, then you may label it a mistake at your own peril.
Ahh, dรฌ mรจi, I said "hurt"! H-u-r-t! Not "have hurt"! Wei-xiong will have forgiven you everything you've done so far, anyway. So I meant in the future!
I didn't ask for a novel, you know...
[ did he just call itachi his younger brother's wife?
[ what the text response does not convey: his genuinely delighted laughter over the response. ]
Eh, you know, I did consider it, but you're definitely the prettier half! And smarter. Calling Wei-xiong your wife would just be an insult to women everywhere.
I'm known as someone with exquisite taste in everything. Just ask Wei-xiong. [ ๐
and then, on a more serious note, ]
Do you know how I know that you're good for him? I'm sure you know enough of what's happened to him — and here you stood by him. He never had anyone do that, back home. He picked a path and walked it alone, and he died hated by everyone just because someone decided he'd make a great scapegoat.
I'm not sure if Wei-xiong intends to return back home at all. If he doesn't... will you look after him? Keep standing by him?
๏ผ there is a flare of brief annoyance, there and gone like a guttering flame, that he has to quash. ๏ผ
Standing by him is not a remarkable act, and is the least of all he deserves. Do not treat it as though it makes me worthy of any especial consideration or merits your 'brotherly' blessing.
๏ผ he stops just short of saying the cultivation word is largely populated by fools and cowards — though he doubts huaisang would disagree out of turn. ๏ผ
I make no promises, Huaisang. This place and that future hold no certainty I can offer to you.
Oh, I know it's the bare minimum, and you don't need my blessing. Neither does Wei-xiong. But at least you've already stepped over the bar that's on the ground, which is better than I can say for anyone else.
[ he's looking directly at you, lan wangji and jiang cheng and the rest of the jiang and —
well, no. wen qing and wen ning get a pass. is it any wonder wei wuxian chose the dafan wen at the end? ]
You really remind me of da-ge sometimes, you know. I'm not asking for a certainty. I'm just asking that you try your best.
With what he has learned from you, it may no longer be his preference.
๏ผ which was one of the reasons he had urged the man to do so. he will accept either choice, but it had been important to ensure it was made with full awareness. ๏ผ
[ look he'll take that, that's probably the best he's going to get. ]
Maybe, but you know the lengths Wei-xiong will go for people he loves.
[ a pause. ] I don't know if our timeline is the exact same — it may be. Everything matches, so far. And when my regret is undone... Wei-xiong won't be needed, anymore. The young man who sacrifices his soul won't do it, because the cause for his pain will be long dead. Wei-xiong won't have to regret Jin Zixuan and Lady Jiang, because the man who was behind killing him will be dead. And I — I'm going to try and help the Wen. Shelter them in Qinghe.
Maybe our timelines are the same, or maybe they're different... but at least on that timeline, I can right those wrongs for him.
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So, I will have it known I'm only doing this because Jiang-xiong isn't here to do it!
But if you hurt Wei-xiong... well, it'd be a mistake.
[ this is a man whose one and only talent is exacting the most painful revenge imaginable. not that he thinks it's going to be necessary! but. you know. it's the spirit of things, or something. what wouldn't one do for a brother, right? ]
(character development intensifies)
someone is giving him the shovel talk. ๏ผ
Two years ago, I betrayed him on a mission as part of my personal goal, not knowing at the time if the result would be his death.
I have also utilized one of my more dangerous techniques against him without his consent, leaving him vulnerable in a dangerous situation for no greater a sin than trying to remove me from the confines of a memory.
I have been cold to him, and I have been cruel.
I have also been there in dark moments when he has wept. I have healed his wounds. I have defended him in combat and I would die in defense of not only his physical self, but the pursuit of his faintest hopes and fondest dreams. I have made him better than he was when I found him, as he has done the same for me.
If that is not enough for you, then you may label it a mistake at your own peril.
im so sorry for this
I didn't ask for a novel, you know...
[ did he just call itachi his younger brother's wife?
yes.
is wei wuxian his sworn brother?
nnnnno, but he might as well be!! ]
im not it's perfect
Mรจi fu, surely.
i love him
Eh, you know, I did consider it, but you're definitely the prettier half! And smarter. Calling Wei-xiong your wife would just be an insult to women everywhere.
this is Fine
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and then, on a more serious note, ]
Do you know how I know that you're good for him? I'm sure you know enough of what's happened to him — and here you stood by him. He never had anyone do that, back home. He picked a path and walked it alone, and he died hated by everyone just because someone decided he'd make a great scapegoat.
I'm not sure if Wei-xiong intends to return back home at all. If he doesn't... will you look after him? Keep standing by him?
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Standing by him is not a remarkable act, and is the least of all he deserves. Do not treat it as though it makes me worthy of any especial consideration or merits your 'brotherly' blessing.
๏ผ he stops just short of saying the cultivation word is largely populated by fools and cowards — though he doubts huaisang would disagree out of turn. ๏ผ
I make no promises, Huaisang. This place and that future hold no certainty I can offer to you.
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[ he's looking directly at you, lan wangji and jiang cheng and the rest of the jiang and —
well, no. wen qing and wen ning get a pass. is it any wonder wei wuxian chose the dafan wen at the end? ]
You really remind me of da-ge sometimes, you know. I'm not asking for a certainty. I'm just asking that you try your best.
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๏ผ tacit agreement, if you squint. ๏ผ
With what he has learned from you, it may no longer be his preference.
๏ผ which was one of the reasons he had urged the man to do so. he will accept either choice, but it had been important to ensure it was made with full awareness. ๏ผ
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Maybe, but you know the lengths Wei-xiong will go for people he loves.
[ a pause. ] I don't know if our timeline is the exact same — it may be. Everything matches, so far. And when my regret is undone... Wei-xiong won't be needed, anymore. The young man who sacrifices his soul won't do it, because the cause for his pain will be long dead. Wei-xiong won't have to regret Jin Zixuan and Lady Jiang, because the man who was behind killing him will be dead. And I — I'm going to try and help the Wen. Shelter them in Qinghe.
Maybe our timelines are the same, or maybe they're different... but at least on that timeline, I can right those wrongs for him.
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I see.
๏ผ he exhales, and some of the tension he did not realize he was carrying melts away with it. ๏ผ
Please, tell him as much.
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I already did.