[ He hates watching Xingchen shake like this. Because of him again. His fingers clench in rough fabric at his knees, twisting, agitated. Then he jerks up when the other man stands, Jiangzai forgotten as it clatters to the ground. ]
Daozhang - ! I...I didn't know what kindness was, before you showed me. You taught me. How to be kind. No one had ever done that for me before! You are kind just because that is who you are. That - it... [ He blows out a frustrated breath. ]
You are a rare man, Xiao Xingchen. [ Quieter. Softly. It hurts, but he wouldn't wish for Xingchen to vanish ever again. ]
So generous to strangers. You showed me how to be kind. You showed me so much. Both in Yi City and here. So when Daozhang Song came...and you didn't...send me away...I...we have forged a...friendship.
[ To put it so very mildly. He has to bare himself to this man again, he realizes that now. He hesitantly reaches out to try and tug Xingchen back down to sit. ]
I will never hurt you again. I will take Jiangzai and run myself through if you ask me to. I-I would take my own eyes out and give them to you if it helps.
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Daozhang - ! I...I didn't know what kindness was, before you showed me. You taught me. How to be kind. No one had ever done that for me before! You are kind just because that is who you are. That - it... [ He blows out a frustrated breath. ]
You are a rare man, Xiao Xingchen. [ Quieter. Softly. It hurts, but he wouldn't wish for Xingchen to vanish ever again. ]
So generous to strangers. You showed me how to be kind. You showed me so much. Both in Yi City and here. So when Daozhang Song came...and you didn't...send me away...I...we have forged a...friendship.
[ To put it so very mildly. He has to bare himself to this man again, he realizes that now. He hesitantly reaches out to try and tug Xingchen back down to sit. ]
I will never hurt you again. I will take Jiangzai and run myself through if you ask me to. I-I would take my own eyes out and give them to you if it helps.