...I dislike this path of cultivation very much. [ well. it is honesty week. ] The idea of you dying for this feels - [ bad. it feels very bad! xie lian Does Not Like This.
that frown remains. ] I think cultivation to perfection should not require throwing away your human heart. Rather, those that do are the reason why the Heavens of my realm are so limited in helping others - why they only impassively listen and think of mortals like soap bubbles, fleeting and easily popped.
...Perhaps there is a way to travel from realm to realm as we've done here. [ hm. ] I could provide a divine intervention [ xie lian, ] and inform your family that this is a doomed path.
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They have. [ quietly, agreeing. ] To lose three of our own so close to what feels like an end is quite brutal.
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[ he nods, resting his head on his knees. ]
Hey, Xie Lian...have you ever been faced with a really tough decision? One where you had no other choice, no matter how hard you tried?
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...Often. [ his third path, as oft quoted by others in chasma. ] Why do you ask?
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[ ... ]
With...well, you know. It.
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...Well. What are your choices, as they stand? Let's lay them out.
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[ …
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he looks away, rubbing the back of his neck. ]
That’s it, actually. I don’t see another one.
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There is always another path. [ third path motherfuckers
xie lian frowns, intensely, though. ] ... 'He' is 'you'. 'You' are 'him'. Can you not continue to cultivate towards perfection as you are?
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[ flat shakes his head. ]
Something needs to be lost for it to be gained—have you ever heard about equivalent exchange? It’s that sort of thing.
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...I dislike this path of cultivation very much. [ well. it is honesty week. ] The idea of you dying for this feels - [ bad. it feels very bad! xie lian Does Not Like This.
that frown remains. ] I think cultivation to perfection should not require throwing away your human heart. Rather, those that do are the reason why the Heavens of my realm are so limited in helping others - why they only impassively listen and think of mortals like soap bubbles, fleeting and easily popped.
...Perhaps there is a way to travel from realm to realm as we've done here. [ hm. ] I could provide a divine intervention [ xie lian, ] and inform your family that this is a doomed path.
oh my GOSH i can’t believe i never got this
[ flat’s response is quick, almost a little too much. the flash of emotion on his face is sudden—something like fear. ]
They don’t…I don’t think they really know. Explaining won’t make it better. Trust me.