[ He's too calm for that to sound even the slightest bit snarky. Even without the effects of the tea, however, it likely would have been genuine - their lives have been complicated long before they found out there were other versions of themselves. ]
They are not the same, but they are both my brothers. They've been through too many things that they did not deserve, that would have proved too much were they anything less than truly exceptional.
[ But then - so has Wei Wuxian, hasn't he? It's fortunate that everything feels distant and unconcerning, because that thought would normally send such a swell of guilt at the part that Lan Xichen himself played in what happened that he would have difficulty hiding it.
Jin Guangyao's actions caused so much pain, and he was complicit in all of it.
As it is, not much breaks through the sense of calm other than the sincerity of his next words. ]
You have my support, Wei Wuxian. And I would not want to see either of them hurt again.
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[ He's too calm for that to sound even the slightest bit snarky. Even without the effects of the tea, however, it likely would have been genuine - their lives have been complicated long before they found out there were other versions of themselves. ]
They are not the same, but they are both my brothers. They've been through too many things that they did not deserve, that would have proved too much were they anything less than truly exceptional.
[ But then - so has Wei Wuxian, hasn't he? It's fortunate that everything feels distant and unconcerning, because that thought would normally send such a swell of guilt at the part that Lan Xichen himself played in what happened that he would have difficulty hiding it.
Jin Guangyao's actions caused so much pain, and he was complicit in all of it.
As it is, not much breaks through the sense of calm other than the sincerity of his next words. ]
You have my support, Wei Wuxian. And I would not want to see either of them hurt again.