[ the domain is wei wuxian's, few people can stomach the density of it and fewer still dare to visit its borders. they fear corruption, they fear the patriarch himself - monstrous in his temperament in a way that even the nie clan would never become, for they were of the right and proper path. it was fine, in the end, to be left alone with his designs and his doings - it kept the people he cared for safe, be they within yiling or outside of it. in his mind, he does this for all of them - heaps the shame on his name, shoulders the loathing and fear, and everyone else will be able to get out from underneath it.
( perhaps this is why he reacts so sharply, to the mention of his shijie; they've not seen one another in so long, but he would always rise to her side -- ) black cloth swirls like a storming cloud, he spins on jiang cheng with his mouth open and his teeth set, ready to harangue him for burying the lede on such a matter. his mind jumps to the worst possible conclusion: ] What happened to her? Is she okay? I haven't heard a damn thing in this place, you know that!
[ what he feels arches off of him in sparks of black and red, burning without subtly - the whispers of his madness, his increased reclusiveness and mistrust, they are all true though he denies them with a smile. ]
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( perhaps this is why he reacts so sharply, to the mention of his shijie; they've not seen one another in so long, but he would always rise to her side -- ) black cloth swirls like a storming cloud, he spins on jiang cheng with his mouth open and his teeth set, ready to harangue him for burying the lede on such a matter. his mind jumps to the worst possible conclusion: ] What happened to her? Is she okay? I haven't heard a damn thing in this place, you know that!
[ what he feels arches off of him in sparks of black and red, burning without subtly - the whispers of his madness, his increased reclusiveness and mistrust, they are all true though he denies them with a smile. ]
Is this why you really came?