[ "party" on the howling rose!! by which i mean, we're all just trying to avoid getting murdered. xie lian's leaning on the railing when it's getting close to "lock in" time. ]
...How do they lock us in on a ship, anyway? Do you think perhaps this will take off from the harbor?
[ They're stuck in here together, so Hua Cheng is just - going to poke around the maps absently, even though he knows that there's nothing they can use. He has his pen with him from the gift shop, so, whatever. He'll entertain himself.
Taking a map and turning it over, he starts to draw. (He is verygood, even with a shitty emporium pen.) ]
Shigeo... [ :c!!!! ] There's no point in beating a dead horse - what's done is done, and letting him vent frustration on you on a night when all of us are certainly worried or scared will do nothing to change it.
[ but, he'll back off if you really want him to, giving a little nod. ]
[ this is hurting me, but Vezda does not give a shit. ]
He wouldn't have even been able to do so much damage if he could've felt himself getting hurt! It shouldn't have been an issue! And he didn't deserve that rock treatment besides.
[ If emotionshare is still happening, Mob might detect a hint of...self-loathing? ]
[He understands, and yes, nothing will change, and yes, tonight is murder night, but. . . ]
I already know how I feel about what happened with Kano-san. So. . . it's okay.
But. . . if I do something that someone thinks is bad, they need to be able to tell me that. [He's grateful, that so many people want to protect him, but. But.] What if someday I make a decision that is really wrong?
[ xie lian is calm as ever, reflecting easily in his words. ] Do you really think you're the first person to tell him that his actions had consequences - or do you believe that he's too young to understand them on his own?
[This. Doesn't surprise him at all. Someone already explained to him that Vezda lashes out with his feelings when he feels bad. So, knowing that, he can't be angry with him for it.]
He did deserve it. Even if the timing was wrong, he didn't deserve to get hurt.
...If you do, then... just know that the world does not repetitively need to drop lessons on you in the form of a landslide, when it could be learned just as easily with one rock.
[ but. ] ...I'll respect your wishes, if you're sure, though. [ xie lian says, and - normally he'd give mob a pat on the head, but he doesn't want to shock him, so.
ruoye wriggles out of his sleeve, and the bandage gives him a little pat, pat on the head instead. ]
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