Another word, then. Helpful. [ Something unkind, but necessary, with a war raging around them, a monster rattling at their door. It's different from Qishan but familiar, the way war is familiar. The scent of death lingers. No necromancer, but she is a physician; death is no remote possibility, the shape unknown, but a pivotal factor in her life. ]
A-Ning was the kind one, among us. [ Not her. Kindness was a weapon that could be turned against her. Here, in the cold, watching women and children cling to life, it's easy to remember that. ] This might not be kind, but it is survival.
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A-Ning was the kind one, among us. [ Not her. Kindness was a weapon that could be turned against her. Here, in the cold, watching women and children cling to life, it's easy to remember that. ] This might not be kind, but it is survival.