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Harrow is having a slow-motion argument with the Bar over breakfast. She wants water and a little bread, and the Bar does not agree that this is a breakfast.


She has rejected an omelet, a breakfast sandwich, and biscuits and gravy. The Bar is trying a bowl of porridge on her and she's considering it. (She hasn't noticed it has raisins in it yet.)

Date: 2020-10-02 03:18 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (foreheadsmack)
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"I am a fool," he says, muffled almost to incomprehension by his arms.

Realizing a beat later that Harrow may misinterpret this, he lifts his head enough to hook his chin over his folded arms, staring straight ahead. "I didn't say anything," he clarifies. "But I cannot. I behaved terribly and I am surprised he wants anything to do with me."

He's well aware of how melodramatic he's being -- he can only imagine the eye-rolling he would endure from Wen Qing, or even shijie, if they were here. (Though his sister would probably be far kinder about it.) But he can't bring himself to care.

Date: 2020-10-02 03:36 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (foreheadsmack)
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"I could hardly look at him," he mutters. "He knew something was wrong and I fear he thought it was his fault. I drank two entire bottles of wine in a fraction of a shichen to calm my nerves, and all it did was worry him further. He spent half the night awake trying to comfort me! He had enough burdens to carry without me deliberately making myself into one as well."

He puts his head back into his arms.

"And he pulled away from me when I took his hand, and I am certain he disapproved of how much I stared when I was drunk, and..."

Date: 2020-10-02 03:41 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (shots! shots! shots!)
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"Not particularly?" he admits. "But not to that extent. I enjoy my wine; I just do not tend to enjoy quite that much of it that quickly."

Date: 2020-10-02 03:50 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (foreheadsmack)
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He raises his head again to pull a truly impressive face, well known to anyone who has ever dealt with a sulking teenager. And while Wei Wuxian was just old enough to no longer be a teenager when he died -- and endured far more serious blows than this in his short life -- he can still sulk with the best of them.

"I suppose it will not kill me a second time," he mutters. "But what can I say? I cannot carry on like this every night for the rest of my afterlife. Do you think the rats will deliver to the forest if I decide to live there forever? Or the bottom of the lake?"

Date: 2020-10-02 03:58 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (serious)
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A low blow well deserved, he admits, and tries not to wince.

"All right," he says with a tired sigh, pushing himself upright -- or mostly upright; his elbows stay firmly planted on the bar. Briefly, he follows her glance to the porridge. "...Is Madam Bar's food objectionable?"

Let no distraction go un-seized around Wei Wuxian.

Date: 2020-10-02 04:30 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (lwj: night and day)
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"I don't know," he admits. "He has had affections for others -- there was a cultivator we knew when we were younger, Mianmian -- but that was years ago. It's possible he met someone in the time we were apart, before I died, but he did not mention it to me."

And, of course, there is Harrow. But if Lan Zhan still has affections for her, he must certainly know by now they will not be returned.

Date: 2020-10-02 05:03 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (wan)
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"She was -- is, I would hope, I do not know where she is now -- " He sighs again, fainter. "Headstrong. Unafraid to speak up. Especially when she believed an injustice was being committed. And beautiful," he adds, a bit more morosely. "I cannot forget that part."

Funny how that has become a much bigger problem all of a sudden!

Date: 2020-10-02 05:26 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (foreheadsmack)
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"Maybe." He wrinkles his nose, propping his cheek against one hand. "Of course there is also the issue where she is a woman and I am not, but..."

Date: 2020-10-02 05:32 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (rueful)
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"I don't know."

He seems to be saying that quite a lot in this conversation, he thinks, and they have only been speaking for five minutes.

"It may not be? It would be unexpected for a cultivator of his standing to pursue men instead of women. That is all."

Date: 2020-10-02 05:41 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (rueful)
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"I suppose not."

There's an odd little spark of hope in his chest as he says that. No reason to make assumptions. He has made truly a lot of them in the last day, hasn't he? Not just in Lan Zhan's preferences, but in, well. Everything. His own actions, Lan Zhan's responses, a steadfast belief that he must know what the other man is thinking...

It might be a foolish hope. But it is more hope than he had a moment ago.
Edited Date: 2020-10-02 05:42 pm (UTC)

Date: 2020-10-02 06:04 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (slight smile)
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"So you do think me beautiful? I wondered if the similarities to Mianmian extended that far," he says with a small laugh. "But ah, I should not tease -- I am sorry, Harrow."

He waves an apologetic hand, then tucks it back against his cheek.

"It is not an unheard-of thing in my world; only one that is not often spoken about. It's the providence of notorious gossipers, not polite company."

Date: 2020-10-02 06:13 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (....go on.)
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He frowns slightly, puzzled.

"How do you mean?"

Date: 2020-10-02 06:34 pm (UTC)
acrookedpath: (serious)
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"I see. Well, ah..."

He straightens up a little. (So to speak.)

"A sect leader would need to marry their opposite for the sake of an heir. That is the face they present to the world -- if they wish to have a relationship with another in private, that is their business, so long as it does not bring harm or disrespect to their family. Which is difficult," he adds, "but not impossible, I suppose. Anyway, some find the idea more scandalous than others, which is where the gossip comes in."

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