[ cain might try to dodge it, but wei wuxian fires back without hesitation.
their entire conversation is really, really feeling like a constant attempt to set the other one off-guard, and then to maintain that advantage over them. he does consider the question at length, trying to encompass all of the things he knows about society into the simplest of terms - who actually likes hearing about cultural relations and social stratification, after all? - without missing the nuances that make it important. ]
It's not a problem, [ he emphasizes, ] as long as it's not loud. No relationships are meant to be loud, even between a man and a woman. "Restraint" is so important, and so very stupid. While I've never had a relationship - I wouldn't want to be subtle about it. I've been lucky to live three lives now, and each one does nothing to temper my desire to live it well.
[ he thinks of mo xuanyu, the young man who's reputation had been absolutely annihilated, simply because he had been a little too earnest, a little too naive. the rumors had lead him to absolute unhappiness, to ruin, to his death. ]
-- I think the future would have been far kinder to that person.
[ the words are rueful, and he takes the device when it is offered, following the instructions until he's exhaling into the air. it tastes good, like an old itch being scratched. ]
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[ cain might try to dodge it, but wei wuxian fires back without hesitation.
their entire conversation is really, really feeling like a constant attempt to set the other one off-guard, and then to maintain that advantage over them. he does consider the question at length, trying to encompass all of the things he knows about society into the simplest of terms - who actually likes hearing about cultural relations and social stratification, after all? - without missing the nuances that make it important. ]
It's not a problem, [ he emphasizes, ] as long as it's not loud. No relationships are meant to be loud, even between a man and a woman. "Restraint" is so important, and so very stupid. While I've never had a relationship - I wouldn't want to be subtle about it. I've been lucky to live three lives now, and each one does nothing to temper my desire to live it well.
[ he thinks of mo xuanyu, the young man who's reputation had been absolutely annihilated, simply because he had been a little too earnest, a little too naive. the rumors had lead him to absolute unhappiness, to ruin, to his death. ]
-- I think the future would have been far kinder to that person.
[ the words are rueful, and he takes the device when it is offered, following the instructions until he's exhaling into the air. it tastes good, like an old itch being scratched. ]