He draws his hand away again, listening to her and giving a wave of his hand after.
"Isn't this one way to know a person better?" Listening, and he's used to listening, is what it comes down to. Not that many have decided to particularly talk to him like this over recent... well, months, he can't say years. Or can he? He'd been somewhat apart from the Wens in the last year before he died, not because they didn't care for him, and he for them, but because they were perhaps too aware of what he was giving up to keep them safe.
"Everyone has thoughts that burden them. If my shijie taught me anything, learning how to listen to those thoughts, and figuring out how to share them, were some of the lessons I try to remember even now."
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"Isn't this one way to know a person better?" Listening, and he's used to listening, is what it comes down to. Not that many have decided to particularly talk to him like this over recent... well, months, he can't say years. Or can he? He'd been somewhat apart from the Wens in the last year before he died, not because they didn't care for him, and he for them, but because they were perhaps too aware of what he was giving up to keep them safe.
"Everyone has thoughts that burden them. If my shijie taught me anything, learning how to listen to those thoughts, and figuring out how to share them, were some of the lessons I try to remember even now."