[The smile lingers, his eyes wandering down to Lan Zhan's mouth for a moment before catching himself. There'd been a time, certainly, when they'd been close enough to play house, to let himself pretend they were a family, but it was just that, a game. He'd taken the narrow path, and it simply wasn't wide enough for two.
He tried to banish those thoughts, glancing down at his hand only to regret it, wincing slightly now that he could see the damage. It was worst across the pad of his thumb as well as the first and second finger. A couple smaller cuts decorate the fleshy side of his palm, nearest the pinky. Probably heal in a few days, he thought. Might not even scar if he found some ointment.]
Lan Zhan...
[He swallows roughly.]
I need to say it properly. About before... what I said, I didn't... mean it. I'm sorry.
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He tried to banish those thoughts, glancing down at his hand only to regret it, wincing slightly now that he could see the damage. It was worst across the pad of his thumb as well as the first and second finger. A couple smaller cuts decorate the fleshy side of his palm, nearest the pinky. Probably heal in a few days, he thought. Might not even scar if he found some ointment.]
Lan Zhan...
[He swallows roughly.]
I need to say it properly. About before... what I said, I didn't... mean it. I'm sorry.