( Jingyi pauses, a hold on all movement that has him stilling, head cocked just a touch to the side. )
I wouldn't try.
( Is all he can say. He wouldn't try to leave, he wouldn't ask to leave, and leave behind his friends first. Sizhui of all, no matter the inconsistencies between their two lives, the two people they expect each other to be, and who they're close to, imperfect matches as they might be. Jingyi is many things, but that particular kind of selfish, no. )
I would never try to leave you behind.
( Framed as the way it has to be: he would not, but cannot promise, things he's told Inigo before, things he feels Sizhui inherently understands. Even as their fellow friend, as Wen Sizhui left this platform, none of it is choice; none of them have been so unwise to make promises, I won't go.
Still, saying that he wouldn't try, that he wouldn't want to, has to mean something too. That acknowledging certain inevitabilities beyond their control doesn't mean, in turn, that he embraces them. )
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I wouldn't try.
( Is all he can say. He wouldn't try to leave, he wouldn't ask to leave, and leave behind his friends first. Sizhui of all, no matter the inconsistencies between their two lives, the two people they expect each other to be, and who they're close to, imperfect matches as they might be. Jingyi is many things, but that particular kind of selfish, no. )
I would never try to leave you behind.
( Framed as the way it has to be: he would not, but cannot promise, things he's told Inigo before, things he feels Sizhui inherently understands. Even as their fellow friend, as Wen Sizhui left this platform, none of it is choice; none of them have been so unwise to make promises, I won't go.
Still, saying that he wouldn't try, that he wouldn't want to, has to mean something too. That acknowledging certain inevitabilities beyond their control doesn't mean, in turn, that he embraces them. )