( A laugh, sharp as it bounces off the walls, the madness in it shaking with fury. There is a pain building inside of Wen Kexing's head, a lancing brightness that threatens to overwhelm him. The bones of his fan creek with how tightly it is caught in his grasp. ) My pain?
( The old master takes another lumbering step. How terrifying he had found that once upon a time. A child, quiet and obedient, learning cruelty to avoid his own suffering. He'd thought him so vast, so overwhelmingly present back then that all Wen Kexing could do was to listen and take his beating silently. What else could he do in the face of the Ghost Valley Master?
And then he'd killed him, taken his place, proven the man right and right again. )
Ah-Xing, you will learn. You will learn to survive.
Shut up! ( It explodes out of him, more violent that any of his actions so far. The spectre pauses in it's step, as if held back by the raggedness of Wen Kexing's breath. And then a blink, and it is gone. It is not unlike what they have been dealing with before, the Drillmaster dogging their steps around the hallway, and he is sure he the thing will be back. For now the light dims around them, steady white. ) Ha.
( He feels insane, all of a sudden, knuckles cramping when he shakes out his fingers. ) Lan Wangi, you should get out of here.
( Pleasantly, in a way that shows all his teeth. ) I'm going to burn this place to the ground.
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( The old master takes another lumbering step. How terrifying he had found that once upon a time. A child, quiet and obedient, learning cruelty to avoid his own suffering. He'd thought him so vast, so overwhelmingly present back then that all Wen Kexing could do was to listen and take his beating silently. What else could he do in the face of the Ghost Valley Master?
And then he'd killed him, taken his place, proven the man right and right again. )
Ah-Xing, you will learn. You will learn to survive.
Shut up! ( It explodes out of him, more violent that any of his actions so far. The spectre pauses in it's step, as if held back by the raggedness of Wen Kexing's breath. And then a blink, and it is gone. It is not unlike what they have been dealing with before, the Drillmaster dogging their steps around the hallway, and he is sure he the thing will be back. For now the light dims around them, steady white. ) Ha.
( He feels insane, all of a sudden, knuckles cramping when he shakes out his fingers. ) Lan Wangi, you should get out of here.
( Pleasantly, in a way that shows all his teeth. ) I'm going to burn this place to the ground.