[ Better, but not well. It should sting, vinegared certainty slowing his step, deteriorating his progress further. The anomaly of the moment gnaws at his fingertips, solidifies his posture.
He walks on, without the haste that would behoove a child chastised. To stumble now would be to stagger them further, and for all the animals curl and coil and jump to reach them, what will drip him to a fall is his own lack of foresight. His scattered precautions, his ruined ambition.
In the end, destination reached, he hardly turns his head to wave the man Xie Yun with his hand, tap of his fingers tired. Come, then. ]
Assistance is yours, as asked. [ If asked. For now, he only steadies the string, both hands folded to keep it taut on his end of the edge. ]
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He walks on, without the haste that would behoove a child chastised. To stumble now would be to stagger them further, and for all the animals curl and coil and jump to reach them, what will drip him to a fall is his own lack of foresight. His scattered precautions, his ruined ambition.
In the end, destination reached, he hardly turns his head to wave the man Xie Yun with his hand, tap of his fingers tired. Come, then. ]
Assistance is yours, as asked. [ If asked. For now, he only steadies the string, both hands folded to keep it taut on his end of the edge. ]