( ...he is melting. Grown man to great sea, truly, the puddle of his being is glory and legend. Not a part of him, extremity or limb, is not sticky, humid, heated or — straining.
Splayed on his bed of stone, away from the fiendish villain sun, he has resolved, eyes shuttered to:
1. never move again, on pain of Wei Ying's death
2. be one and at peace with brother beetle, who has been screeching the one and same tune near his left ear for the past shi
3. grow roots eternal into rock and thrive
4. become one with the world, at the mercy of mother Guanyin
5. tenderly, unmovingly, profit —
— with the minor exception when heavenly relief drips over his face, the crops of his soul are watered, respite is nigh, and he shackles Wei Ying's wrist, thumb to bird bones, because he knows how this goes: )
lmao
( ...he is melting. Grown man to great sea, truly, the puddle of his being is glory and legend. Not a part of him, extremity or limb, is not sticky, humid, heated or — straining.
Splayed on his bed of stone, away from the fiendish villain sun, he has resolved, eyes shuttered to:
1. never move again, on pain of Wei Ying's death
2. be one and at peace with brother beetle, who has been screeching the one and same tune near his left ear for the past shi
3. grow roots eternal into rock and thrive
4. become one with the world, at the mercy of mother Guanyin
5. tenderly, unmovingly, profit —
— with the minor exception when heavenly relief drips over his face, the crops of his soul are watered, respite is nigh, and he shackles Wei Ying's wrist, thumb to bird bones, because he knows how this goes: )
Leaf first. ( A beat. ) Please.
( Trust... no Yunmeng ho... )