Eastbound Contact

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Wei Wuxian
missives | encounters

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When we accept teachings without question.

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Mm. Blind acceptance is not the same as understanding what is taught, and why, and how that teaching interacts with the world that doesn't follow simple lines.

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Who would have thought, Wei Ying, Wei Wuxian, making my excuses.

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"What is good, and what is evil?"

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You are good. The world is evil.

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We can stand for good. We can stand against evil.

The world doesn't care either way.

Lan Zhan is good. Hangiang-jun is well named.

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No. I wish that name changed.

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To what, in preference?

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A name parted from bloodshed.

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Lan Zhan. And whatever title he makes of himself.

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( That sweetens him, somehow. His manner. )


Come abed.

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Lan Zhan, is that what you really wanted to ask from the start?

( amused, since it wasn't, but. it's a thought. )

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Is it?

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That's why I'm asking you!

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It was not the intent.

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What, you didn't want me safe in your bed?

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Safe, without qualification.

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Yes, yes, but isn't it nicer? Better?

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Like consonance.

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Oh.

Where are you?

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Fresh inn quarters. To rest alongside Messalina would entail detainment.

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Which?

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The house of Cestius.

Well-aired quarter. A respectable bed. Privacy.

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Now I'm curious what makes the bed respectable.

( but he is heading that direction, taking to... high routes that aren't routes at all. easiest for avoiding those roaming the streets, and keeping an eye out for trouble to break up. )

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Wen Kexing's staff is absent.