It was real though. Perhaps not in that moment, but...
It was real and he hated himself for it.
Lan Xichen hasn't checked the network recently, he isn't quite sure what just happened (though he's experienced something similar with regards to the razing of the Cloud Recesses, it was never so vivid).
He's still staring at his clenched hand, devoid of blood, then looks to Jin Guangyao to ensure that yes, yes this is reality. He's alive.
"I'm sorry, I saw you--"
He can't finish. I saw your death.
But there is something else now, and his gaze moves past Jin Guangyao's shoulder to the door where he spots a girl peering into the courtyard. Without hesitation, he gets to his feet and pulls a talisman from his robe, flinging it in her direction, but she's already gone. Run off, vanished, her faint laughter fading on the breeze. He stands stock still, staring intently at where she stood only a moment ago.
"...Did you see her...?" he asks, almost a whisper.
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It was real and he hated himself for it.
Lan Xichen hasn't checked the network recently, he isn't quite sure what just happened (though he's experienced something similar with regards to the razing of the Cloud Recesses, it was never so vivid).
He's still staring at his clenched hand, devoid of blood, then looks to Jin Guangyao to ensure that yes, yes this is reality. He's alive.
"I'm sorry, I saw you--"
He can't finish. I saw your death.
But there is something else now, and his gaze moves past Jin Guangyao's shoulder to the door where he spots a girl peering into the courtyard. Without hesitation, he gets to his feet and pulls a talisman from his robe, flinging it in her direction, but she's already gone. Run off, vanished, her faint laughter fading on the breeze. He stands stock still, staring intently at where she stood only a moment ago.
"...Did you see her...?" he asks, almost a whisper.