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[Video]

[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?

[Video]

[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.

[Video]

[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?

[Video]

[zichen]

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

Lady Ulla assisted me.

[Video]

[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.

[Video]

[zichen]

[Well they are all technically dead.]

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

[Video]

[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.

[Video]

[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.]

[Video]

[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.

[Video]

[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.

[Video]

[threedontknows]

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

[Video]

[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.

[Video]

[threedontknows]

Does the Barge not offer you any comfort?

[Video]

[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.

[Video]

[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.

[Video]

[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.

[Video]

[threedontknows]

Oh, I have friends. Lots of friends. That's never really been an issue for me!

But I agree, Zack Fair seems like a very reasonable man.

[Video]

[zichen]

I have always had difficulty opening up to others and forging bonds. [Is he asking for advice? Maybe.]

He reminds me of one of my brothers.

[Video]

[threedontknows]

Zack Fair is a good way to start. Then you can make friends with those he calls a friend.

[Sneaky advice deployed!]

[Video]

[zichen]

Mm. [A good plan.] I don't need many. I don't think I could ever be as social as the Cultivators you call friends.

[Video]

[threedontknows]

Funny about that, they're not really my friends anymore.

That's what happens when you destroy the Cultivation world as you know it.

[Video]

[zichen]

But...

You only wished for justice, correct? I don't see how you destroyed anything.

[Video]

[threedontknows]

No, daozhang, I only wished to see everything burn.

[Video]

[zichen]

Do you have any regrets?

[Video]

[threedontknows]

No, I don't. [It's a lie.] I don't think I ever will.