Zizhen nods, though it had taken him a second to place the name as well.
"I think she was the ghost general's sister?" he says, if he's remembering his history right.
The comment makes him huff a laugh though - not meanly, but there's something fond and slightly exasperated about it.
"He already did it, Jin Ling, that's why I'm here, I brought it with me from Cloud Recesses."
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"True," Wuxian agrees, smiling impishly - it fades into something more serious, though, when his husband turns back to their son.
"Yes," Yuan says without hesitation - it's daunting, yes, and he's terrified he's going to mess it up, but it's everything he's ever wanted. It's not only the life he always dreamed about living as a child, not only the chance to become a cultivator, to make more of himself, but it's also the path back to Jin Ling's side - if he can become a good disciple, a proper young master, he can return to him without inviting scandal. He can learn how to protect himself so he isn't a burden.
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Zizhen nods, though it had taken him a second to place the name as well.
"I think she was the ghost general's sister?" he says, if he's remembering his history right.
The comment makes him huff a laugh though - not meanly, but there's something fond and slightly exasperated about it.
"He already did it, Jin Ling, that's why I'm here, I brought it with me from Cloud Recesses."
~~~
"True," Wuxian agrees, smiling impishly - it fades into something more serious, though, when his husband turns back to their son.
"Yes," Yuan says without hesitation - it's daunting, yes, and he's terrified he's going to mess it up, but it's everything he's ever wanted. It's not only the life he always dreamed about living as a child, not only the chance to become a cultivator, to make more of himself, but it's also the path back to Jin Ling's side - if he can become a good disciple, a proper young master, he can return to him without inviting scandal. He can learn how to protect himself so he isn't a burden.
"This is what I want."