( It seems a cruel thing, to beg the kindness of his brother's attention, to bid he explains himself. Pride is an oddity, a prohibited luxury. Lan Wangji, undeserving, a dog feasting on scraps, should not ask for meat and obne.
He lingers, inevitably, and thinks —
If this is a moon's fever, a dream, let it kindly not break.
If this is an illusion, gaining brother's face, let it kill him with swift cunning.
If this is madness, then — )
Weeks prior, a demon borrowed mother's likeness. ( He does not say, I watched her culled. Burrows like an animal hurting. ) I did not recall her face.
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( It seems a cruel thing, to beg the kindness of his brother's attention, to bid he explains himself. Pride is an oddity, a prohibited luxury. Lan Wangji, undeserving, a dog feasting on scraps, should not ask for meat and obne.
He lingers, inevitably, and thinks —
If this is a moon's fever, a dream, let it kindly not break.
If this is an illusion, gaining brother's face, let it kill him with swift cunning.
If this is madness, then — )
Weeks prior, a demon borrowed mother's likeness. ( He does not say, I watched her culled. Burrows like an animal hurting. ) I did not recall her face.