( Safe enough, the Doctor pronounces, and Lan Wangji, who has survived the lapses in the creature's patience for far too many heartbeats, takes this fine opportunity to extricate himself from the arrangement, pulling back just as the animal snaps its jaws down on cloying, stringent air.
A beast far too fickle, foolish and — ) Ungrateful.
( Yes, that, also. But then. the Doctor's deed is done, and whatever hurts have been abated seem to slowly ease the creature's temperament. Its tail uncoils from the tree's husk, muscles shedding their tension. It slides, and Lan Wangji expels himself from the tree, sparing the Doctor only a paltry, wintery glance — as he scaled before, he may descend now.
As for the aftermath: )
It may survive, if the forests are kinds. ( ...to a wounded animal, a predator that has already incurred the wrath of countless others across multiple attempts to inflict its own tyranny. Yes, it will certainly have a fine, fair and peaceful future in the woods — for the shi of time in which it will remain alive. )
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( Safe enough, the Doctor pronounces, and Lan Wangji, who has survived the lapses in the creature's patience for far too many heartbeats, takes this fine opportunity to extricate himself from the arrangement, pulling back just as the animal snaps its jaws down on cloying, stringent air.
A beast far too fickle, foolish and — ) Ungrateful.
( Yes, that, also. But then. the Doctor's deed is done, and whatever hurts have been abated seem to slowly ease the creature's temperament. Its tail uncoils from the tree's husk, muscles shedding their tension. It slides, and Lan Wangji expels himself from the tree, sparing the Doctor only a paltry, wintery glance — as he scaled before, he may descend now.
As for the aftermath: )
It may survive, if the forests are kinds. ( ...to a wounded animal, a predator that has already incurred the wrath of countless others across multiple attempts to inflict its own tyranny. Yes, it will certainly have a fine, fair and peaceful future in the woods — for the shi of time in which it will remain alive. )