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[strikingchords]

[this does not stop the petting.

tilts his head in question; but?]

[laughitoff]

...Shijie doesn't usually scold people...?

[strikingchords]

Hm.

Perhaps, she expressed concern.

[laughitoff]

...ah, yeah. I guess that's my fault.

[strikingchords]

Fault?

[there's a subtle dryness in his tone; is he amused? scritches behind his ears peacefully]

[laughitoff]

I talked to her about…things…

[shivers pleasantly, a little distracted]

[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.