so instead of focusing on himself, he goes for a very obvious opening, considering jin ling keeps saying things and toi has no idea what the FUCK he is talking about. ]
[While not directed at Toi, Jin Ling's whole face sours considerably.]
The Wens were once one of the Five Great Sects, and they became terrible people. They were hungry with power, and tried to control all of the other sects. They destroyed Lotus Pier, Uncle Jiang's home, including his family and his sect brothers and sisters.
...Yeah. Uncle Jiang and some others formed a resistance, and they stopped the Wens, then got rid of them. Well--most of them. Wei Wuxian, the Yiling Patriarch, protected some of them. He...
It changed everything. Uncle Jiang had to rebuild Lotus Pier by himself. [He frowns at the counter.] Wei Wuxian... he made the Ghost General out of a former Wen. And then he...
[A pause.]
And then they were the ones who killed my parents.
[ well, it was more like anya kept mentioning she was an idol on her own with her ~hope~ speeches, and toi wanted to know why the FUCK did she have a shotgun. ]
It's like... do you have entertainers? Someone who performs for others. Where we're from, it's a whole industry.
[All he can immediately think of when Toi says "entertainers" is prostitutes, and it almost makes him wanna run out scandalized. No, it's fine. Entertainers, like plays, he reminds himself.
[He frowns. There's a whole lot he can say about Anya. There's a lot he can say between them both that Toi would understand, but it's embarrassing for him to think about bringing it up.
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so instead of focusing on himself, he goes for a very obvious opening, considering jin ling keeps saying things and toi has no idea what the FUCK he is talking about. ]
Who are the Wens?
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The Wens were once one of the Five Great Sects, and they became terrible people. They were hungry with power, and tried to control all of the other sects. They destroyed Lotus Pier, Uncle Jiang's home, including his family and his sect brothers and sisters.
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[ that sucks.
he frowns even more. ]
That was before you were born?
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[Jin Ling shakes his head.]
I was a baby then.
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... I'm guessing all of that completely changed things for you guys.
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It changed everything. Uncle Jiang had to rebuild Lotus Pier by himself. [He frowns at the counter.] Wei Wuxian... he made the Ghost General out of a former Wen. And then he...
[A pause.]
And then they were the ones who killed my parents.
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... hm
Then you'll definitely accomplish everything you want to.
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I said I know already. [But he has a funny look on his face when he glances up.] Stop. You sound like her.
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Like who?
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Is that what the two of you talked about?
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It just sounds like something she'd say. Didn't she try to make you talk about yourself? It was annoying...
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[ he sounds thoughtful. ]
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Did she even tell you anything about herself? I...
[No, he doesn't finish that.]
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[ ... ]
I pointed out that she never talked about herself but kept bugging me about shit. She said she refused to say anything until I did.
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She never would talk about herself really. [Maybe if you had asked. This is why I'm playing a good in fall.] ...What's an idol?
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It's like... do you have entertainers? Someone who performs for others. Where we're from, it's a whole industry.
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...Anya is a prostitute.]
Oh. Yes, I guess so. Why?
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That's more or less what an idol is. It's a lot more complicated than just that, but... I don't care enough about that kind of stuff to follow it.
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Then why was she always drawing things about the stars?
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So he doesn't.]
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[ the conversation? the situation? everything?
he really wishes he could tell anya 'i told you so' right now. ]
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[Wow, their venn diagram converges at "this is stupid."]
You can perform Inquiry with the board and try to speak to her spirit maybe.
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I don't know what I would even say to her.
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