"Yeah, okay..." Shen Yuan manages to push himself to his feet, trying to keep as much of his weight as he can off Viktor while he lets the other man help steady him. And he is feeling unsteady just now, the shock to his system making his skin clammy and his limbs shake. Or maybe that was the bone-deep terror, it was so hard to be certain. He was even scaring Xiu Ya a little, which did nothing positive for his own state of mind.
"Viktor," he says hoarsely once they've both sat down. Shen Yuan faces the opposite wall, unable to turn to look at the other man directly but watching him out of the corner of his eye as he says, "I just got here. I haven't done anything to earn anyone's good regard, though I hope that'll change soon, but...you're a good man, aren't you? A learned, compassionate man. If, if I said that I was worried about someone from my world hurting me, and you had knowledge of this person, you'd -- you'd have no reason to hide that from me, right? No matter what he might have offered you?"
Was he being too paranoid? Maybe. But he knew Luo Binghe, knew exactly how charming he could be. If Luo Binghe was already here, then Shen Yuan had to get out in front of his revenge plot and fast. The one advantage he had was how fucking pathetic his side of the story actually was; if he could use that to buy himself some time and maybe pick up an ally or two he absolutely would. Throwing himself on Binghe's mercy hadn't been option in the old world, not with the System throttling him, but here? It was worth a shot, at least.
...He wasn't expecting Xiu Ya to actually agree with him on that point, but it was nice to know the sword had his back (emotionally speaking, since he still couldn't fight with it worth a damn).
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"Viktor," he says hoarsely once they've both sat down. Shen Yuan faces the opposite wall, unable to turn to look at the other man directly but watching him out of the corner of his eye as he says, "I just got here. I haven't done anything to earn anyone's good regard, though I hope that'll change soon, but...you're a good man, aren't you? A learned, compassionate man. If, if I said that I was worried about someone from my world hurting me, and you had knowledge of this person, you'd -- you'd have no reason to hide that from me, right? No matter what he might have offered you?"
Was he being too paranoid? Maybe. But he knew Luo Binghe, knew exactly how charming he could be. If Luo Binghe was already here, then Shen Yuan had to get out in front of his revenge plot and fast. The one advantage he had was how fucking pathetic his side of the story actually was; if he could use that to buy himself some time and maybe pick up an ally or two he absolutely would. Throwing himself on Binghe's mercy hadn't been option in the old world, not with the System throttling him, but here? It was worth a shot, at least.
...He wasn't expecting Xiu Ya to actually agree with him on that point, but it was nice to know the sword had his back (emotionally speaking, since he still couldn't fight with it worth a damn).