I asked you to leave and instead you remained, to play savior I neither wanted nor wished for. Did you think it wisdom, that saw you insert yourself where you were unwanted, or was it hubris alone?
[That stops him short and there's a long pause between replies where Wei Wuxian repeats the words to himself more than once.
He'd thought Itachi wanted him to leave because he didn't believe it could be stopped. He'd thought Itachi wanted him to leave because experiencing it alone was better than having an uninvited witness.
It had never occurred to him that Itachi wanted to stay trapped in his nightmare.]
In the future, one might benefit from understanding a situation before one acts.
๏ผ it's the biting, archly said formality that makes the statement all the colder than it is. he is intending to wound, and knows the knife will make a home of its target.
and then he simply disconnects the line.
if wei wuxian tries to contact him again, he will find that his username — his clan name so painstakingly reclaimed — has been unregistered, and there is no other ID available through the directory that suggests itachi's hand at work at all. ๏ผ
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If you need time, then tell me. I don't know what you want from me. I don't know what you want me to do.
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I asked you to leave and instead you remained, to play savior I neither wanted nor wished for. Did you think it wisdom, that saw you insert yourself where you were unwanted, or was it hubris alone?
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Did you want me to leave you there?
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He'd thought Itachi wanted him to leave because he didn't believe it could be stopped. He'd thought Itachi wanted him to leave because experiencing it alone was better than having an uninvited witness.
It had never occurred to him that Itachi wanted to stay trapped in his nightmare.]
I
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[And also, what the fuck]
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In the future, one might benefit from understanding a situation before one acts.
๏ผ it's the biting, archly said formality that makes the statement all the colder than it is. he is intending to wound, and knows the knife will make a home of its target.
and then he simply disconnects the line.
if wei wuxian tries to contact him again, he will find that his username — his clan name so painstakingly reclaimed — has been unregistered, and there is no other ID available through the directory that suggests itachi's hand at work at all. ๏ผ