( Fled, to a result that escapes him. Why participate in the wedding rites, if failure was ever the foregone conclusion? To distract the brides from otherwise carnage? To commemorate them?
He is adrift longer than he cares to admit to others, to himself — a speck of dust, under light's sweep. )
We already conceded our dignities. ( Spoiled and tarnished, and Lan Wangji does not ask if he is lessened of himself, for the momentary lapse in sincerity. If one moment can define him, thoughtless and plain. ) We need not perfect the art.
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He is adrift longer than he cares to admit to others, to himself — a speck of dust, under light's sweep. )
We already conceded our dignities. ( Spoiled and tarnished, and Lan Wangji does not ask if he is lessened of himself, for the momentary lapse in sincerity. If one moment can define him, thoughtless and plain. ) We need not perfect the art.