Zizhen frowns a little at the sudden horror on Jin Ling's face. He's pleased to see Jingyi immediately backing up all their talk of help by offering him the support of his spiritual energy, but he still wonders at what caused that reaction - was it just the betrayal or knowing his guard captain was working against him, or was there more to it?
"Forgive me," he says after a moment, watching Yuan's stricken expression as he sees the effect his words had on the young sect leader "but how do we know he can trust you? All the rest of us here have known Jin Ling for years, but you've only been around a few days, we don't know anything about you."
Yuan looks startled by the accusation, but he tries to tell himself it's understandable - these people don't know him, and he's just accused somebody who should have total loyalty to Jin Ling.
"You might not know anything about me," he says softly "but A-Ling does. I have no secrets from him. I know it has only been a short time, but I love him, I would do anything for him."
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2021-08-18 00:41 (UTC)Zizhen frowns a little at the sudden horror on Jin Ling's face. He's pleased to see Jingyi immediately backing up all their talk of help by offering him the support of his spiritual energy, but he still wonders at what caused that reaction - was it just the betrayal or knowing his guard captain was working against him, or was there more to it?
"Forgive me," he says after a moment, watching Yuan's stricken expression as he sees the effect his words had on the young sect leader "but how do we know he can trust you? All the rest of us here have known Jin Ling for years, but you've only been around a few days, we don't know anything about you."
Yuan looks startled by the accusation, but he tries to tell himself it's understandable - these people don't know him, and he's just accused somebody who should have total loyalty to Jin Ling.
"You might not know anything about me," he says softly "but A-Ling does. I have no secrets from him. I know it has only been a short time, but I love him, I would do anything for him."