( He holds the pace. Later, it will strike him that, all along, this is all that was required of him — to match her, so that at least one of them might achieve their objective. For the second part of their assignment, as Red collects a... string of beads, colours dark and clashing and strange, it is Lan Wangji who must call his courage. Who must devise some manner of recourse, as he starts carefully to unsheathe his sword and...
...not wield it. Not precisely. But force it to hover before him, to the level of his knee, rigid and waiting. No Opal, this, but a permissible substitute, on days when winds do not batter them into the ground. )
Do you fear flight?
( Far too high above an uncertain terrain, ghouls and sirens only waiting for them to drop. A wonderful proposition. Lan Wangji too would spit upon it, if they were not on the brink of encirclement. )
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( He holds the pace. Later, it will strike him that, all along, this is all that was required of him — to match her, so that at least one of them might achieve their objective. For the second part of their assignment, as Red collects a... string of beads, colours dark and clashing and strange, it is Lan Wangji who must call his courage. Who must devise some manner of recourse, as he starts carefully to unsheathe his sword and...
...not wield it. Not precisely. But force it to hover before him, to the level of his knee, rigid and waiting. No Opal, this, but a permissible substitute, on days when winds do not batter them into the ground. )
Do you fear flight?
( Far too high above an uncertain terrain, ghouls and sirens only waiting for them to drop. A wonderful proposition. Lan Wangji too would spit upon it, if they were not on the brink of encirclement. )