[ IT IS REALLY HARD TO SAVE SCAPEGOATS BELIEVE ME HE TRIED
xie lian blinks, for a moment, staring at her, his eyes wide.
this is exactly what got him punched, earlier. that he'd failed at saving someone. xie lian had taken the hit with no intention to fight back, no complaints, and he would've taken more, because he felt the guilt more personally than anyone could really imagine. every failure has stacked on his shoulders like weights.
only one of the people he saved is aware of his power - the other is not, and if they never find out, then that's fine, too. xie lian is just glad to have helped, to have been able to do something, to try and stop the endless cycle of death in the realm.
but to be thanked for it, is...
...his expression softens into something touched, and he bows his head. ]
...I am, yes. [
people are so kind, sometimes. these are the kind of things he never forgets. ] ...I wasn't able to do it as well as I would have liked, but... I am glad, that I was able to do something. There is nothing to thank me for.
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xie lian blinks, for a moment, staring at her, his eyes wide.
this is exactly what got him punched, earlier. that he'd failed at saving someone. xie lian had taken the hit with no intention to fight back, no complaints, and he would've taken more, because he felt the guilt more personally than anyone could really imagine. every failure has stacked on his shoulders like weights.
only one of the people he saved is aware of his power - the other is not, and if they never find out, then that's fine, too. xie lian is just glad to have helped, to have been able to do something, to try and stop the endless cycle of death in the realm.
but to be thanked for it, is...
...his expression softens into something touched, and he bows his head. ]
...I am, yes. [
people are so kind, sometimes. these are the kind of things he never forgets. ] ...I wasn't able to do it as well as I would have liked, but... I am glad, that I was able to do something. There is nothing to thank me for.