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zichen

You...sent her back? [Well that is a relief and yet...] I'm sorry for your loss. Your brother was strong and a good man. Baxia may have been a blade that should have always been entombed.

From:

threedontknows

Daozhang is kind to offer his sympathies. Perhaps she should have been left entombed; I underestimated how the Barge's magic would influence her.

I hope it's not too forward, but I notice that you're speaking now. Are you fully restored?

From:

zichen

You could not have known. [Zichen isn't angry with Huaisang. Baxia is...a treacherous blade.]

Yes. My tongue was restored. I cannot say I am fully restored, however. The magic remains inside my veins.

From:

threedontknows

[He nods gently, knowing the magic Zichen's referring to. It's the magic that keeps him animated, alive.]

How was your tongue restored? The Admiral?

From:

zichen

[Yes. The same magic that has created the black lines on his chest and the base of his neck.]

Lady Ulla assisted me.

From:

threedontknows

[He knew she was powerful, he just hadn’t realized she could restore dead things too. Interesting.

He taps his hand on his hand idly.]

Did you know there’s another just like you in the world? I don’t mean here, of course.

From:

zichen

[Well they are all technically dead.]

You speak of Wen Ning? I met him. [By 'met', he means fought.]

From:

threedontknows

Yes, Wen Ning, the only other fierce corpse to keep his mind and soul.

Did you speak of your shared condition? I imagine you would have a lot to share with one another.

From:

zichen

We fought - I know his strength - but speaking...was difficult. I didn't know what questions to ask.

[And then he had been off on his own.]

From:

threedontknows

I know him as a compassionate man, daozhang. I think it would do you both well to get to know each other when you return. I assume that is your goal, to return some day when you're finished here.

From:

zichen

I have asked to be...made whole. Upon my return. I won't be as I am, but I will gladly converse with Wen Ning. I can understand his loneliness.

From:

threedontknows

Forgive me, but you'd be the only person in the world to understand what it was like to be a walking corpse.

From:

zichen

Yes, I am aware. [It is a state that is at complete odds with his need to stay clean.] Each day was a nightmare. I can't say they improved much even when I was freed.

From:

threedontknows

Does the Barge not offer you any comfort?

From:

zichen

Minimal. [His encounter with Xingchen had hurt and then... There's everything with Xue Yang, which is confusing.] I am willing to learn and change.

From:

threedontknows

Daozhang, I'm going to offer you some advice. You can choose to do with it as you please, but know it comes from a place of concern.

You should find some friends in this place. There's comfort to be had, and not just from the Admiral.

From:

zichen

[Friends are difficult for him to make - especially now.]

I will try. I encourage you to do likewise. [Zichen frowns thoughtfully.] Zack Fair is very kind.