[Video] Kazoo 16

[ayao]

Forgive me for being...selfish...

And I warn you, the subject matter of my question might be sensitive...

[But why not make this inquiry here rather than in his world where it would surely bring negative repercussions.]

What are your thoughts on two men being in a relationship? [He doesn't dare say married, but he is drawn to the idea.] Do you perceive it as...wrong? Should the men instead continue their respective lines with wives?

[Heirs are important. Yet can they not be had in other ways? Of course said ways are illegal and immoral in the land he knows.]

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[ayao]

To a certain degree - if the father is willing.

[The poor mother never gets a proper say.]

...my...what?

[His heart gives a little leap. One of his half-siblings had a son? He sounds like a teenager!]

Are you from my future too?

[jinlingers]

And that is my point.

[ Jin Ling exhales a bit shakily. ]

It seems that I am. You...helped raised me when my parents both were murdered.

[ayao]

[A chill spreads out over his skin. Another one? This poor boy?]

Who murdered your parents? [He doesn't want to hear the truth that he already knows.]

[jinlingers]

You.

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[ayao]

[He trembles and imagines a baby, bereft of family.

Because of him.

And he has the audacity to adopt the child? His stomach clenches and lets out a soft sob.]

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[ayao]

I have no right...

I could never apologize to you enough.

[Words are useless, but they are all he has.]

Are you healthy? Is there another who can guide you?

[jinlingers]

[ Jin Ling tries to gather himself enough to say something, anything. ]

I can't...

[ His voice breaks. Even months removed from the temple he's never really dealt with the truth of what Jin Guangyao had done, how betrayed he felt and how conflicted as everything he had known came apart.

And he does move away from the screen and runs off in search of a different uncle. ]

[ayao]

[His heart breaks and he covers his face, finding hot wet tears on his cheeks. What can he do for a child? Trying to make it up to Nie Mingjue and Lan Xichen had been a task! But this...? A child?

He thoroughly hates his future self. Pushing himself onto his feet, he hurries off in search of the poor boy, unsure of what he can do. He has to try.]