He can't believe he's trying to do the right thing and executing it badly, that Kara and Shinobu both are giving him an earful about it. He hates, worse, seeing Xie Lian's soft and tightly smiling face, saying he wants to do something, he wants to get out.]
If something happens to him... [He bites back the rest of the words, not even wanting to hear them spoken. He doesn't know what he'd do. He'd hate himself. He'd never forgive himself.] I'll... think about it.
[He glances at Shinobu, and then quickly away to his shoulder.]
Just dig it out already. [A pause.] Do you have any alcohol? [Another pause.] The kind you drink.
She's worried, thinking about what will happen after she makes her announcement. Will he double down once she's not around as much? She wants Jiang Cheng to grow, too, with Xie Lian. She wants the whole family to grow into something they all can be proud of—not this sad and struggling core with crumbling edges of depravity that need to be cut off or stomped back into shape. ]
A flower needs sunlight to live, as do we. [ She could make a joke about poisoning him here, but she has enough mercy and compassion in her to get him a shot of vodka. She's not really a vodka person, but it has one of the highest proof, and sometimes, that's what you need. ]
[Don't proverb him. His lips pull thin, but he doesn't say anything to the wisdom, mostly because he knows she's not wrong.]
No. [It's stern, but not angry. There's something... He doesn't know what it is actually, though he doesn't take any time to think about it either. Something about... being asleep, about being asleep and having things... dug out? Whatever it is, it makes his skin crawl.] I want to be awake.
[ He's the patient, and if he wants to endure it, that's his right.
She fetches him vodka and pours him a tea cup full of it. All her medical tools are at the ready, so it's really up to him to indicate when he wants to endure that kind of pain. ]
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He can't believe he's trying to do the right thing and executing it badly, that Kara and Shinobu both are giving him an earful about it. He hates, worse, seeing Xie Lian's soft and tightly smiling face, saying he wants to do something, he wants to get out.]
If something happens to him... [He bites back the rest of the words, not even wanting to hear them spoken. He doesn't know what he'd do. He'd hate himself. He'd never forgive himself.] I'll... think about it.
[He glances at Shinobu, and then quickly away to his shoulder.]
Just dig it out already. [A pause.] Do you have any alcohol? [Another pause.] The kind you drink.
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She's worried, thinking about what will happen after she makes her announcement. Will he double down once she's not around as much? She wants Jiang Cheng to grow, too, with Xie Lian. She wants the whole family to grow into something they all can be proud of—not this sad and struggling core with crumbling edges of depravity that need to be cut off or stomped back into shape. ]
A flower needs sunlight to live, as do we. [ She could make a joke about poisoning him here, but she has enough mercy and compassion in her to get him a shot of vodka. She's not really a vodka person, but it has one of the highest proof, and sometimes, that's what you need. ]
Are you sure? We can do this with you asleep.
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No. [It's stern, but not angry. There's something... He doesn't know what it is actually, though he doesn't take any time to think about it either. Something about... being asleep, about being asleep and having things... dug out? Whatever it is, it makes his skin crawl.] I want to be awake.
Just give me some alcohol, and I can take it.
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[ He's the patient, and if he wants to endure it, that's his right.
She fetches him vodka and pours him a tea cup full of it. All her medical tools are at the ready, so it's really up to him to indicate when he wants to endure that kind of pain. ]