Wuxian doesn't tease or push, he just nods, letting him take his time and come around. There's clearly been some pressure building and something has made it break, all he can do is be here to help pick up the pieces if Jin Ling is willing to let him.
He's expecting his nephew to be circumspect if he says anything at all, so he's not too surprised by the slightly strange question. He gives it appropriate consideration.
"Well, he loved me, I think that helped, because sometimes loving somebody is about trusting them, even if you don't know for sure that you can. Trust is about faith just as much as knowing." He frowns, considering it "you'd have to ask him, though, really. Maybe it was because I trusted him, too..."
He wishes he could give him a better answer, but as much as he'd told him to be sure, trust was sometimes just something you felt
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"I mean, I guess he would be the type to throw money at something, or someone.. " he frowns, putting together pieces into something he really didn't like.
"What if Jin Ling isn't like this... what if it's this Zheng Yuan? I mean the Zheng clan are pretty small, what if... what if it's all an act just to get Jin Ling's attention so they can advance their clan?"
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Wuxian doesn't tease or push, he just nods, letting him take his time and come around. There's clearly been some pressure building and something has made it break, all he can do is be here to help pick up the pieces if Jin Ling is willing to let him.
He's expecting his nephew to be circumspect if he says anything at all, so he's not too surprised by the slightly strange question. He gives it appropriate consideration.
"Well, he loved me, I think that helped, because sometimes loving somebody is about trusting them, even if you don't know for sure that you can. Trust is about faith just as much as knowing." He frowns, considering it "you'd have to ask him, though, really. Maybe it was because I trusted him, too..."
He wishes he could give him a better answer, but as much as he'd told him to be sure, trust was sometimes just something you felt
~~~
"I mean, I guess he would be the type to throw money at something, or someone.. " he frowns, putting together pieces into something he really didn't like.
"What if Jin Ling isn't like this... what if it's this Zheng Yuan? I mean the Zheng clan are pretty small, what if... what if it's all an act just to get Jin Ling's attention so they can advance their clan?"
Sometimes Zizhen reads too many novels.