[the memory comes just as she's easing a needle out of his hand - she freezes, hopefully not stabbing him with it further, and watches the events play out from behind gu yun's eyes.
it's a terrifying situation - but even while playing the role of someone who would run off in terror, even while pretending to be a weak, cowardly scholar, there isn't a moment that goes by when gu yun doesn't have it under control. the wolves and the barbarians are driven off, and he scoops that tiny, fierce prince up into his arms, carrying him back to safety.
how strong gu yun is, and - how strong that boy will become, in the future. surely, if he can survive something like this, he's got quite the fate ahead of him?
when they come back to the present, shi qingxuan gives a shiver, banishing the memory of the cold, and eases the needle out of his hand.]
[ if sqx does stab him further, gu yun doesn't feel it, anyway. he's not quite lost as the memory fades, blinking a few times, but for a moment, his gaze is a little far away.
gu yun pulls it back quickly, though, and huffs, the corner of his mouth lifting in a soft, wry smile. ]
Something like that. It certainly hasn't been boring.
one could call this place not boring, too, although in a more macabre way. it's been clear from the start that gu yun has something important waiting for him, once he goes back. this has just made it all the more obvious.]
[ there's no hesitation in that, the fierce determination a matching flint to chang geng's in the memory, just before. ] I have no intentions to die here.
[ no; his grave is on a battlefield, somewhere in great liang. that's the promise he's made - when he dies young, like every member of his family, it will be fighting for his country, with every part of him that he has. gu yun will do whatever it takes to survive until then. ]
but it's too lonely to have to do things on your own - so, although he probably won't ever ask for help, shi qingxuan adds him to her list of people that she's going to do her level best to see through this. (okay, he was already on the list. she underlines his name, maybe.)]
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it's a terrifying situation - but even while playing the role of someone who would run off in terror, even while pretending to be a weak, cowardly scholar, there isn't a moment that goes by when gu yun doesn't have it under control. the wolves and the barbarians are driven off, and he scoops that tiny, fierce prince up into his arms, carrying him back to safety.
how strong gu yun is, and - how strong that boy will become, in the future. surely, if he can survive something like this, he's got quite the fate ahead of him?
when they come back to the present, shi qingxuan gives a shiver, banishing the memory of the cold, and eases the needle out of his hand.]
...you've lived quite the life, haven't you.
[two weak scholars passing by, huh.]
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gu yun pulls it back quickly, though, and huffs, the corner of his mouth lifting in a soft, wry smile. ]
Something like that. It certainly hasn't been boring.
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one could call this place not boring, too, although in a more macabre way. it's been clear from the start that gu yun has something important waiting for him, once he goes back. this has just made it all the more obvious.]
...you're going to make it back there, Gu-xiong.
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[ there's no hesitation in that, the fierce determination a matching flint to chang geng's in the memory, just before. ] I have no intentions to die here.
[ no; his grave is on a battlefield, somewhere in great liang. that's the promise he's made - when he dies young, like every member of his family, it will be fighting for his country, with every part of him that he has. gu yun will do whatever it takes to survive until then. ]
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but it's too lonely to have to do things on your own - so, although he probably won't ever ask for help, shi qingxuan adds him to her list of people that she's going to do her level best to see through this. (okay, he was already on the list. she underlines his name, maybe.)]
Good.