He smiles when Jin Guangyao affirms that it helped his friend. A brief, small thing passing over his face, but it is warm, and fond, and even a little proud.
No. I don't know.
The smile dims as his gaze turns inwards. It's a fair answer. It's one that's been rattling out of him for the past several weeks. He had been so confident once, and now all he knows he never knew anything at all.
But he's starting to put the pieces of his shattered worldview in order, though not yet together. That is a long way off.
"If there is something A-Yao would like to say or ask, I will endeavor to meet his effort and answer as truthfully as I am able."
His eyes dart to Jin Guangyao's sword-hand ever so briefly.
"But if he would rather change the subject, that too is understandable. I will be ready when you are."
After all, the point of this was to understand, and if Jin Guangyao felt too pressured to explain then he'd just be repeating Nie Mingjue's mistakes. There was one important thing to understand about him, and that is that when Jin Guangyao felt cornered, that was when the deceit came out.
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No. I don't know.
The smile dims as his gaze turns inwards. It's a fair answer. It's one that's been rattling out of him for the past several weeks. He had been so confident once, and now all he knows he never knew anything at all.
But he's starting to put the pieces of his shattered worldview in order, though not yet together. That is a long way off.
"If there is something A-Yao would like to say or ask, I will endeavor to meet his effort and answer as truthfully as I am able."
His eyes dart to Jin Guangyao's sword-hand ever so briefly.
"But if he would rather change the subject, that too is understandable. I will be ready when you are."
After all, the point of this was to understand, and if Jin Guangyao felt too pressured to explain then he'd just be repeating Nie Mingjue's mistakes. There was one important thing to understand about him, and that is that when Jin Guangyao felt cornered, that was when the deceit came out.