( Stricken by two catastrophes of the heart: first, the sight before him, the two — mother, both? — rabbits calling close their litters, young dark-haired spotted beads strung around their bodies, full. The pulses and quakes of their young limbs, swaying. And Wei Ying —
Distantly, he gives a soft, muted hum of approval. A new robe, so be it. Seven layers for seven gifts of blessing, to the youth that grace them. May this be his tribute.
And, I love you, a strange lightning's glimpse of a moment, fissured and slithering between them. He turns, eyes dripping fondness, and draws a hand over Wei Ying's nape to pull him in and bring their foreheads together. I love you, also.
One of the rabbits coos. It occurs to him, belatedly, discarding every urgency to never move again, to start the long fishing for leftover, stray leaves. They must hunger. It is so with nursing. )
...apologies. ( It was not asked. ) I allowed them to roam freely, beside me. With Clara.
( All of which is hardly to say that Clara impregnated the rabbits. And still, he shivers, coursed by choked rivulets of fear. He is a man made great by brutality, the coarse force of qi only polished through copious exercise and dilution. Hanguang-Jun earned his name through slaughter. )
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( Stricken by two catastrophes of the heart: first, the sight before him, the two — mother, both? — rabbits calling close their litters, young dark-haired spotted beads strung around their bodies, full. The pulses and quakes of their young limbs, swaying. And Wei Ying —
Distantly, he gives a soft, muted hum of approval. A new robe, so be it. Seven layers for seven gifts of blessing, to the youth that grace them. May this be his tribute.
And, I love you, a strange lightning's glimpse of a moment, fissured and slithering between them. He turns, eyes dripping fondness, and draws a hand over Wei Ying's nape to pull him in and bring their foreheads together. I love you, also.
One of the rabbits coos. It occurs to him, belatedly, discarding every urgency to never move again, to start the long fishing for leftover, stray leaves. They must hunger. It is so with nursing. )
...apologies. ( It was not asked. ) I allowed them to roam freely, beside me. With Clara.
( All of which is hardly to say that Clara impregnated the rabbits. And still, he shivers, coursed by choked rivulets of fear. He is a man made great by brutality, the coarse force of qi only polished through copious exercise and dilution. Hanguang-Jun earned his name through slaughter. )
How do we care for them?