He doesn't try to cling to Viktor's hand, he's not a child, but Shen Yuan can't quite suppress his shiver when Viktor lets go. At least the other man seems to miss the brief, anxious look Shen Yuan gives him, just to make sure he's still there.
"Mm," he quietly agrees. "This would have been me, if I'd still existed in that world when Binghe emerged from the Endless Abyss. I suppose I should be grateful to whatever entity brought me to Trench, for helping me escape that fate." Even if it is unfair to his poor blackened lotus, forced to go through five years of hell only to have his vengeance swept out from under him while his back is turned...
Oh well. "Come on," Shen Yuan says, turning away from the body. "This place at least looks like the Water Prison of Huan Hua Palace. If it follows the descriptions I read, then the exit should be this way. You'll want to watch your step, of course; the floors are liable to be slick, and the 'water' is really flesh-eating acid."
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"Mm," he quietly agrees. "This would have been me, if I'd still existed in that world when Binghe emerged from the Endless Abyss. I suppose I should be grateful to whatever entity brought me to Trench, for helping me escape that fate." Even if it is unfair to his poor blackened lotus, forced to go through five years of hell only to have his vengeance swept out from under him while his back is turned...
Oh well. "Come on," Shen Yuan says, turning away from the body. "This place at least looks like the Water Prison of Huan Hua Palace. If it follows the descriptions I read, then the exit should be this way. You'll want to watch your step, of course; the floors are liable to be slick, and the 'water' is really flesh-eating acid."