( a pause, and a smile in his voice even as the splashing of water, or the dripping of water into itself, silences. )
Lan Zhan...
( another shifting moment, and: )
Strike true.
( Thank you, and I'm sorry. But for what he's facing now, he's ready to take on the world, bared blade as Lan Zhan's rendered him to be, and blood (his, anothers, there is always blood, as Lan Zhan says) will flow.
... But not from the skies, that's just. A whole other issue entirely. )
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Lan Zhan...
( another shifting moment, and: )
Strike true.
( Thank you, and I'm sorry. But for what he's facing now, he's ready to take on the world, bared blade as Lan Zhan's rendered him to be, and blood (his, anothers, there is always blood, as Lan Zhan says) will flow.
... But not from the skies, that's just. A whole other issue entirely. )