[Xingchen waits until those curses trail off to let his shoulders relax a little. He doesn't leave Xie Lian's side, though, just in case the guard comes back or brings some friends along.]
But to target children, the most vulnerable...
[It's disgraceful, even if he has learned that the world is horribly unfair. Why can't there be some kindness where it is most deserved?
His internal questioning is cut short by the child's outcry and Xingchen immediately grabs his qiankun pouch. He reaches inside and fushes around for a scrap of cloth, butbehen be pulls it out, something long and wooden gets dragged along, too. It's a peg leg, not that Xingchen can tell even when it clatters against the ground. And when he shakes out the cloth, a ball falls out, bouncing its way joyously toward the huddle of children.]
no subject
But to target children, the most vulnerable...
[It's disgraceful, even if he has learned that the world is horribly unfair. Why can't there be some kindness where it is most deserved?
His internal questioning is cut short by the child's outcry and Xingchen immediately grabs his qiankun pouch. He reaches inside and fushes around for a scrap of cloth, butbehen be pulls it out, something long and wooden gets dragged along, too. It's a peg leg, not that Xingchen can tell even when it clatters against the ground. And when he shakes out the cloth, a ball falls out, bouncing its way joyously toward the huddle of children.]
Ah...that keeps happening. Here.
[He shoves the cloth toward Xie Lian.]
Is it clean? I hope it's clean...