( See, he's doing okay up until people start saying the goodbye thing in a way he has to face as a goodbye, because Ryo says that, and Jingyi, who has never had to say a permanent goodbye to anyone he considers a friend in his whole life (... considering the people he permanently lost were from his childhood, and in becoming an orphan, he'd simply been one of the many from that time in the clan's history) starts to tear up. )

Great, then you had to say a sad thing!

( ................................................................................ the miss you thing. the goodbye thing. the thing he is utterly ill equipped to deal with, and it shows, between his tail hitting the ground and his eyes watering and the look of misery that flits across his features. )

I'm happy you're getting back to your people, but I'm sad about saying goodbye forever, even if it's for a good reason, and not a "because now I'm burying you" reason. Those are the shittiest reasons to say goodye, so why can't this feel nicer when it's not bad?