He does not begrudge company. ( Some might say, at times, he seeks it, like a frozen, timid animal hunting down fragments of warmth. It seems to him a known thing, relearned, dug from the depths of clouded memory: that once, Wei Ying's smile shone incandescent.
At Nightless City, his sun downed. They watched the skies for bleeding. )
As before. When he — ( It sickens him, vertigo gutting him, roiling his stomach. A hard breath, gaze diffuse, before he regains focus. ) He was with us? Before? Young. I believe...
( But cannot say with utmost certainty, if once Wei Ying stood among their disciples. )
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He does not begrudge company. ( Some might say, at times, he seeks it, like a frozen, timid animal hunting down fragments of warmth. It seems to him a known thing, relearned, dug from the depths of clouded memory: that once, Wei Ying's smile shone incandescent.
At Nightless City, his sun downed. They watched the skies for bleeding. )
As before. When he — ( It sickens him, vertigo gutting him, roiling his stomach. A hard breath, gaze diffuse, before he regains focus. ) He was with us? Before? Young. I believe...
( But cannot say with utmost certainty, if once Wei Ying stood among their disciples. )