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ʟᴀɴ ᴡᴀɴɢᴊɪ | 蓝忘机 ([personal profile] downswing) wrote in [community profile] westwhere 2023-07-10 09:06 pm (UTC)


( Save their paper. Yes, with certainty. The old moderation of a war campaign, where each day wages battle against attrition. He sees brother's caution — yet cannot help but murmur, hands gathered to relieve his sleeves of ribbon of weathered parchment: )

Wei Ying may supply more. ( The one advantage of introducing his brother to this marriage: Zewu-Jun too may benefit from the fruit of its alliance. There are some merits to fealty sworn from one of the craftiest minds of their generation.

...barring the one Xichen killed.

For now, he sets a ward first — lends the fire talisman the very inklings of his qi, to spark it alive with power — and hardly thinks himself a craven for throwing the parchment from a considerable distance, before watching it

e x p l o d e in wildfire.

A tree groans. Another all but weeps. The stench is deplorable, unforgettable. Raw.

Lan Wangji recovers the decent to look — slightly abashed. )
We must now dig below flame.

( ...about that. )


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