"Mm." An acknowledging sound, more than one that commits one way or another. "Some patterns stay recognisable, no matter the different paths taken."
One that leaves Sizhui as a Wen, not adopted into the Lans. Ones that have Wen Ning dealing with so much more than he should, a brilliant and peaceful young man dragged into war and fighting out of duty, then left castigated and near-dead because of it, forever changed.
Not that war failed to change anyone who touched it. They'd all grown up then, in unpredicted ways at times.
"Who knows if one day, in assisting the Voidtrecker in achieving its aims, we might find ways to alter those stories too... or that doing so creates other hardships. It's hard to say, from where we sit."
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One that leaves Sizhui as a Wen, not adopted into the Lans. Ones that have Wen Ning dealing with so much more than he should, a brilliant and peaceful young man dragged into war and fighting out of duty, then left castigated and near-dead because of it, forever changed.
Not that war failed to change anyone who touched it. They'd all grown up then, in unpredicted ways at times.
"Who knows if one day, in assisting the Voidtrecker in achieving its aims, we might find ways to alter those stories too... or that doing so creates other hardships. It's hard to say, from where we sit."