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lan wangji
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Head north.

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A good direction! Also a change up from all this east, east, east.

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East ill favours us. Empty-handed so far.

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I had more luck with it back home. North it is! I enjoy a new direction.

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And the group?

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How likely are they to listen to us, do you think?

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Then, we sunder.

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You'll be okay with that?

To live hunted to any degree, it's not pleasant, Lan Zhan. There's at least that advantage to a larger group.

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I fear their protection.

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In what ways?

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If we depart, how will they fare?

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We can try shoving them all through an active gateway first?

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Then roam, home.

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Sounds beautiful to me. Like you.

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Mid-war flirtation?

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A little sweet in the middle of all the sour.

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Strange man. Half the heart of a poet.

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With you, a whole poet between us. We'll have our own verses to transcend the time beyond us, just you wait!

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Uncle rightfully fears my doom.

I have married an artist.

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Even worse: an artist and an inventor. We shall paint the world in rabbits. And improvements to keep the frightening things from swallowing the less influential peoples whole.

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We will starve.


( The most thrilled. )

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Only if we yearn for the same platform bed, night after night!

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The thought does not trouble you. Truly?

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I'm not immune to it, but I also have faith it won't come to that. I refuse to live in that fear.

The one I can't shake is bothersome enough, ah? Not adding more, no, no! We shall be positive and sensible and, if need be, exchange services and goods for what we need when it comes to the dinner table.

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( For this.

For running. For waiting. For stilling.

For wanting mere scraps and attention.

For companionship. For mercy. For understanding.

For care. )

I love you.