[because he thinks of the man he knew before he became jin guangyao, before jin guangshan gave him a new name as a way of laying claim to sunshot's glory. wei wuxian blinks a few times, struggling to believe it of the polite, timid man that he'd known. what had he ever done to him? how had he ever wronged him to deserve that?
but then he remembers how their world worked. how sometimes it was just about finding someone convenient to place the blame on. a scapegoat or a stepping stone. lan wangji confirms it, and a faint smile crosses his lips again.
he looks up into his lover's eyes, which are so earnest. they reflect what he should be feeling. but again, he had learned certain truths about their home the hard way.]
Thank you, Lan Zhan. It eases me to know. [but? there is definitely a 'but' in there.] But even without Jin Guangyao, most people's opinions of me probably wouldn't have been much better.
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[because he thinks of the man he knew before he became jin guangyao, before jin guangshan gave him a new name as a way of laying claim to sunshot's glory. wei wuxian blinks a few times, struggling to believe it of the polite, timid man that he'd known. what had he ever done to him? how had he ever wronged him to deserve that?
but then he remembers how their world worked. how sometimes it was just about finding someone convenient to place the blame on. a scapegoat or a stepping stone. lan wangji confirms it, and a faint smile crosses his lips again.
he looks up into his lover's eyes, which are so earnest. they reflect what he should be feeling. but again, he had learned certain truths about their home the hard way.]
Thank you, Lan Zhan. It eases me to know. [but? there is definitely a 'but' in there.] But even without Jin Guangyao, most people's opinions of me probably wouldn't have been much better.