I can't leave here, not if he - if it - threatens to come back. Even a ghost of that man can wreak havoc on people if left unattended. And if you think I'm a problem, Master Lan, I am nothing compared.
( Wen Kexing is only dangerous when he wants to be. The old Valley Master did not house the same subtleties. He was a blunt instrument, meant for battering down doors, for bruising, bludgeoning. He survived for less time than the man currently standing here, and for all he is called a Lunatic there has always been method in his madness.
It pulses here, now.
Pressing a hand into his eye socket, hard enough to see stars. ) I need to figure out what it wants.
( The Drillmaster, the Valley Master. Either. Both.
no subject
( The flash of his teeth. )
I can't leave here, not if he - if it - threatens to come back. Even a ghost of that man can wreak havoc on people if left unattended. And if you think I'm a problem, Master Lan, I am nothing compared.
( Wen Kexing is only dangerous when he wants to be. The old Valley Master did not house the same subtleties. He was a blunt instrument, meant for battering down doors, for bruising, bludgeoning. He survived for less time than the man currently standing here, and for all he is called a Lunatic there has always been method in his madness.
It pulses here, now.
Pressing a hand into his eye socket, hard enough to see stars. ) I need to figure out what it wants.
( The Drillmaster, the Valley Master. Either. Both.
And then he needs to get very, very drunk. )