[ of course jin guangyao saw his chance — a way to be rid of the brother he never wanted, never cared for, but always, always envied. ]
It was the perfect plan, really. San-ge wasn't wrong to have pride in his intellect. Who would believe you hadn't really lost control? You were dangerous and unstable. Even if you'd heard the other flute... even if you tried to speak out about it, who would believe you? There were no other demonic cultivators like you. No one else could do the same thing. [ he shakes his head. ] You were the perfect scapegoat. When all the bad things that happened were already laid at your feet, what was one more thing?
[ he pauses, then grimaces. ] I'm sorry, Wei-xiong. It shouldn't have taken me so long to realise that it was never really your fault. But you never once lost control of Wen Ning before, did you? Did you even think it was possible, until that moment?
[ he doesn't give him time to answer. ] You didn't, because it wasn't. Not until someone else took control of him instead, and made him kill Jin Zixuan.
San-ge didn't care if you'd never done anything to him. You just happened to be... convenient.
[ just like mo xuanyu was, he thinks, unbidden. convenient.
sometimes, he thinks he can hear san-ge laughing at him; he'd rid the world of jin guangyao, and created someone just like him in his place. ]
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[ of course jin guangyao saw his chance — a way to be rid of the brother he never wanted, never cared for, but always, always envied. ]
It was the perfect plan, really. San-ge wasn't wrong to have pride in his intellect. Who would believe you hadn't really lost control? You were dangerous and unstable. Even if you'd heard the other flute... even if you tried to speak out about it, who would believe you? There were no other demonic cultivators like you. No one else could do the same thing. [ he shakes his head. ] You were the perfect scapegoat. When all the bad things that happened were already laid at your feet, what was one more thing?
[ he pauses, then grimaces. ] I'm sorry, Wei-xiong. It shouldn't have taken me so long to realise that it was never really your fault. But you never once lost control of Wen Ning before, did you? Did you even think it was possible, until that moment?
[ he doesn't give him time to answer. ] You didn't, because it wasn't. Not until someone else took control of him instead, and made him kill Jin Zixuan.
San-ge didn't care if you'd never done anything to him. You just happened to be... convenient.
[ just like mo xuanyu was, he thinks, unbidden. convenient.
sometimes, he thinks he can hear san-ge laughing at him; he'd rid the world of jin guangyao, and created someone just like him in his place. ]