She thinks that is why he's upset? When he has looked into that mirror, and been comforted by the sight of a bloodied hand reaching back? When he knows he is not alone?
He can't help it -- he laughs, a little, the sound faint and tremulous. After scrubbing his eyes yet again, he says, "I gave you a secret after all. Not even Lan Zhan knows how often I am so angry, and how much I wish I were alive to hunt all of them down to the last. For him it has not been a month -- it has been three years. He has suffered at the hands of his family for trying to save my life. And he will never know how, when I think of what they've done to him, I so often think of breaking his uncle's neck."
He smiles. It is just as faint as the laughter, and far more rueful.
"Perhaps the resentful energy has harmed my temperament after all. But it is good to know I am not alone. That I am recognized."
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Date: 2020-09-19 01:58 am (UTC)She thinks that is why he's upset? When he has looked into that mirror, and been comforted by the sight of a bloodied hand reaching back? When he knows he is not alone?
He can't help it -- he laughs, a little, the sound faint and tremulous. After scrubbing his eyes yet again, he says, "I gave you a secret after all. Not even Lan Zhan knows how often I am so angry, and how much I wish I were alive to hunt all of them down to the last. For him it has not been a month -- it has been three years. He has suffered at the hands of his family for trying to save my life. And he will never know how, when I think of what they've done to him, I so often think of breaking his uncle's neck."
He smiles. It is just as faint as the laughter, and far more rueful.
"Perhaps the resentful energy has harmed my temperament after all. But it is good to know I am not alone. That I am recognized."