To my knowledge -- and I truly can't answer for Nightless City because I truly don't remember it -- you've never forced what I didn't want upon me. You've fought with me and evidenced concern. And you've never abandoned me; you had your own lives and your own duties, and they didn't very well line up with mine.
You've always been so upright. I hated the thought that you gave it up at the end, to kill some harmless civilians. I'm glad I was wrong about that.
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Wei Ying.
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No need, then. You deserve truth.
Had not realized, at first, that you did not remember.
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Did you think I simply wouldn’t speak of it, if I did?
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low, after a little while]
Thought your anger was in response.
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I see.
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[soft, reflective]
Again and again I have forced myself upon you and abandoned you after. Anger would not be baseless.
But, I have also misjudged much.
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What I just recounted. When I have pressed concerns on you before.
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No.
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softly, after a moment]
I don't understand.
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To my knowledge -- and I truly can't answer for Nightless City because I truly don't remember it -- you've never forced what I didn't want upon me. You've fought with me and evidenced concern. And you've never abandoned me; you had your own lives and your own duties, and they didn't very well line up with mine.
You've always been so upright. I hated the thought that you gave it up at the end, to kill some harmless civilians. I'm glad I was wrong about that.
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it steadies, after a little while. calmly, only a little airless:]
I see.
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startles a little and turns to blink at him instead '^']
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It felt as if I had abandoned you. You protected us many times. Me. Your intentions were noble. Yet, you were allowed to sacrifice, or maligned.
[brushes Wei Wuxian's wet hair back from his face, ugh]
That you were not more bitter on your own account shows generosity of spirit.
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You make me sound like some benevolent priest, or a martyr. I’ve never been either.
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[sighs]
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