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[strikingchords]

[he has better nails for this than he did before he was a dragon. I am just pointing this out, as an objective truth.]

Mm.

No blame to lay.

[laughitoff]

I wasn’t trying to blame anyone…she gives good advice, that’s all.

[strikingchords]

[hums a little]

Said, "fault."

[just explaining his wording, not insisting on it; his tone isn't pressing]

...

It is so.

[laughitoff]

Oh.

[...quiet again]

[strikingchords]

[scritch... quiet too, for a bit...]

...

Said, you mistrusted my words. That I had been unclear. Neither was false.

[laughitoff]

[...reluctantly]

She also pointed out that I might not be looking clearly.

[strikingchords]

Hm.

[quiet again for a little bit...]

"Tell him, 'I like you.' Tell him, 'I have always thought of us as companions.' Tell him, 'I respect you, and wish to stay by your side.'"

...

"Please say those words directly, and often."

[laughitoff]

[swallows hard, shoulders hunching and head dipping down again]

[strikingchords]

[gentles his fingers a bit, to match the texture of the fur; soft, soft]

[laughitoff]

[so soft]

I just don't understand.

[strikingchords]

[quiet...

watching him with a very strange and gentle expression, unseen]

[laughitoff]

[curls a little tighter into his own arms, in the end, with a soft low whine]

[strikingchords]

[bends his head a little closer, to be heard with voices so low]

...

Will do better. I swear it.

[laughitoff]

I don't think...you're the one here who needs to promise that.

[strikingchords]

Hm.

[he's very relaxed next to Wei Wuxian; Wei Wuxian can't feel any tension there]

Perhaps later. Wei Ying should rest.

[laughitoff]

It's the middle of the afternoon...

[strikingchords]

From weighty talk.

...

Is there peace between us?

[laughitoff]

[nods more enthusiastically]

[strikingchords]

[scritch]

I am satisfied.

[laughitoff]

[his tail wags, a little bit]

[strikingchords]

[...]

Must complete the wards. Assist, if you wish.

[laughitoff]

All right. Why are you adding plants, though--?

[seizing on this in something like relief; this seems like a relatively safe topic]

[strikingchords]

[Wei Wuxian may note that he shifted to it immediately after saying "you should take a rest from weighty talk." not subtle, Lan Wangji.

he rises to gather their plates, with another little hum of thought]

...

I am not certain.

[laughitoff]

[he'll follow him to help clean up, as he has before]

No...?

[strikingchords]

[shakes his head and starts washing before he speaks again...]

It was an impulse.