What happened back then? 〈 gwen frowns in question. her blue eyes study nie huaisang's face. 〉 You obviously care about him. And the way he talks about Lan Xichen's brother…
〈 she does not complete the sentence, but her meaning is obvious. he did have people around him. but when push came to shove, he was alone. wei wuxian has told her plenty, but it is all recent to him. the hurts are fresh. not so, apparently, for either huaisang or xichen.
the way she leaves xichen himself out, too, is telling. she may not know what is happening there, but she isn't blind. there is a tension like a spring coiled tight. thing is she has no way to know how tight until the release, and that may be violent. 〉
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〈 she does not complete the sentence, but her meaning is obvious. he did have people around him. but when push came to shove, he was alone. wei wuxian has told her plenty, but it is all recent to him. the hurts are fresh. not so, apparently, for either huaisang or xichen.
the way she leaves xichen himself out, too, is telling. she may not know what is happening there, but she isn't blind. there is a tension like a spring coiled tight. thing is she has no way to know how tight until the release, and that may be violent. 〉