[he can't know for sure now, can he? maybe another opportunity will come up in the future, but for now it must be filed under "hopeful but unsure".]
They're my sister and nephew too, I do understand. I don't even disagree with you on that. But it was Jin Zixuan's choice and his home. I won't fault him for it.
[maybe there's an assumption that everyone else there knew what was coming. they didn't.]
You may not fault him, Wei Wuxian, but I cannot stay silent or allow such things to go on without doing something. Jin-gongzi is your nephew and your sister was obviously caught by that behavior. I believed it was right to protect them as well.
[If all they wanted were answers, then there was never a need to jump on Jin Guangyao right then. They could easily find him through Lan Xichen, and he certainly had nowhere to run. Wanting to act right then and there absolutely read as a mob mentality of stoning someone before questioning. The victims were safe now and the culprit was exposed and known. Lan Xichen sighs deeply.]
If you cannot trust what I will do, then what is it you plan to do?
[These are a fashion of Wei Wuxian's own words. Yes, I did wrong and you can't forgive me, so what do we do? Fight each other forever? Never trust anyone? Lan Xichen at least wants to trust.]
[There is a soft noise that is actually gentle humor. Tired, but there.]
You wanted to ask if I wasn't who you knew before. Because our answers differed?
If I'm not, then who am I to you then?
[If they are from different worlds or potential worlds, then if he's "wrong" does that mean Wei Wuxian is giving up on him? Does it matter what worlds they are from?]
I love him. That will never change for me, as much as it will not change for you. Does that matter to you?
It matters a lot. [lan zhan will always need his brother. and if they're not from the exact same world, so be it. he and jiang cheng never shared a drop of the same blood.] It's all I need. I wouldn't ask anything more of you.
[he is still much like the man that they knew, so much that wei wuxian didn't question it for a long time. the ways that he differs, he's actually curious to know the reasons.]
He loves you too. If he didn't - ah, I don't know if you've ever seen it, but he has this way of not looking at someone and telling them that they're not qualified to speak to him. I get cold chills just thinking about it.
[Lan Xichen does often think that he has become unworthy of his brother's love. It's something he had never experienced before coming to Aefenglom. No matter how tense things became or how many questions arose, Lan Wangji had never stopped turning to Lan Xichen whenever he had needs. When Wei Wuxian, resurrected, had been accused of evil plots, even then Wangji had not hesitated to come home. He had not doubted his brother's faith.
It's a brand new feeling to be the scorned and mistrusted one. He sighs softly, relieved that at least Wei Wuxian seems to be telling the truth, but still conflicted on where everything stands. If they really did live in a way that made Xichen seem suspicious now, what exactly happened?]
I remember that you said once that your memories of- of your final days in your past life were unclear. Tormented. Do you remember what I told you then?
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[he can't know for sure now, can he? maybe another opportunity will come up in the future, but for now it must be filed under "hopeful but unsure".]
They're my sister and nephew too, I do understand. I don't even disagree with you on that. But it was Jin Zixuan's choice and his home. I won't fault him for it.
[maybe there's an assumption that everyone else there knew what was coming. they didn't.]
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[If all they wanted were answers, then there was never a need to jump on Jin Guangyao right then. They could easily find him through Lan Xichen, and he certainly had nowhere to run. Wanting to act right then and there absolutely read as a mob mentality of stoning someone before questioning. The victims were safe now and the culprit was exposed and known. Lan Xichen sighs deeply.]
If you cannot trust what I will do, then what is it you plan to do?
[These are a fashion of Wei Wuxian's own words. Yes, I did wrong and you can't forgive me, so what do we do? Fight each other forever? Never trust anyone? Lan Xichen at least wants to trust.]
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[he blinks a few times at that question. what does he plan to do?]
Happy hour starts in twenty minutes, so there's that.
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You wanted to ask if I wasn't who you knew before. Because our answers differed?
If I'm not, then who am I to you then?
[If they are from different worlds or potential worlds, then if he's "wrong" does that mean Wei Wuxian is giving up on him? Does it matter what worlds they are from?]
I love him. That will never change for me, as much as it will not change for you. Does that matter to you?
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[he is still much like the man that they knew, so much that wei wuxian didn't question it for a long time. the ways that he differs, he's actually curious to know the reasons.]
He loves you too. If he didn't - ah, I don't know if you've ever seen it, but he has this way of not looking at someone and telling them that they're not qualified to speak to him. I get cold chills just thinking about it.
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It's a brand new feeling to be the scorned and mistrusted one. He sighs softly, relieved that at least Wei Wuxian seems to be telling the truth, but still conflicted on where everything stands. If they really did live in a way that made Xichen seem suspicious now, what exactly happened?]
I remember that you said once that your memories of- of your final days in your past life were unclear. Tormented. Do you remember what I told you then?