[How do you even begin to explain this? And to a child, too? But...
Xie Lian shivers, and his hands come down, arms circling his knees and fingers tugging absentmindedly at his robes.]
A very long time ago, I did some... very bad things. Really, really bad. Bad enough that almost became a Ghost King myself. I was so close to just giving in and becoming one.
This ghost, she came in and she... gave me the mask I was wearing at that time, and she kept saying this is who I really was. But I'm not. I'm not!
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[How do you even begin to explain this? And to a child, too? But...
Xie Lian shivers, and his hands come down, arms circling his knees and fingers tugging absentmindedly at his robes.]
A very long time ago, I did some... very bad things. Really, really bad. Bad enough that almost became a Ghost King myself. I was so close to just giving in and becoming one.
This ghost, she came in and she... gave me the mask I was wearing at that time, and she kept saying this is who I really was. But I'm not. I'm not!