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[ Voice; un: anzhi ]

It looks like my A-Fei is nowhere to be found and I've searched everywhere. Which I'm sure, and hope, it means that she's back home with her cousins and the children there. There was a lot that we'd been through. So, if you don't see her around it's because she's no longer here.

[ Something that he, himself, does not really like but he knows there was nothing he could actively do about it. ]

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( ...ah, but the sting of it. Last he'd glimpsed her, in the tunnels, a fighter, as strong as her sword —

And this, her soulmate, abandoned. Widowed, then. The fate of men of their likeness. )

May her path light with a thousand blessings.

[ Her sword was the strongest he's made. ]

If she's home then she's with the children of the 48 Stronghold and training them in the way of the sword.

[ His heart aches but he won't show it. ]

( If. And should he tell this poor man of the labyrinth...?

What use? )

She cared for children.

You will yet join her.

We both cared for children.

You think I'll disappear in the middle of the night? Like she did.

We await the delivery of a beacon. I pray it reunites you.

If it doesn't then I will still be here to help where help is needed. Or to forge whatever others need.

Xie Yun.

It is permissible to grieve.

Lan Wangji.

There is no time to grieve, not now.

You need not accept counsel.

What I need? Is to find something that will keep me busy. Whether that be forging weapons or something else altogether.

Let us give peace to this citadel.

Take your sword.

I will gladly give peace to this citadel.

She would wish it done.

She would and yet wouldn't. She was always afraid of me fighting and using my internal energy after I was poisoned back home. A-Fei was still getting used to me fighting and nothing bad happening.

Then, you fight with care.

I am no longer affected by such things. However, I will still fight with care.

Assistance thanked.

( oh. that's- red has been looking. it took three days of recovery before she even left her house and realized she hadn't heard from fei. part of her worried it was because of what fei saw about her in the tower. they hadn't had the chance to talk about it with how dangerous it all was, and it's something that would take time to process anyway. surprise, the girl you call your 'little sister' is actually a fucking three-headed monster from the underworld.

not that she had the chance even to explain that. it was all about survival, and then today she got worried that something happened even if fei is a badass, and- but red's supernaturally uncanny ability to find people resulted in a dead end. nothing. she's gone. grief claws at her throat, regret settles like a stone in her chest, worry twists in her stomach. )

I couldn't find her either.

[ His Fei would not abandon someone, no matter what they were. Sure, she might get upset if not told but she wouldn't abandon them. That? He does know about his wife. It's one of the reasons he finds his wife so amazing, other than her sword wielding skills. ]

Do you need anything, meimei?

[ After all, Red being like a little sister to Fei means she's like a little sister to him too. ]

( Red doesn't know entirely how to respond. It was hard enough to process someone referring to her as their sister when it came from Fei who she was so close to. She doesn't understand families really without having had one herself, and there weren't any married couples in Purgatory High, but it's- She gets the sentiment, she thinks. )

You don't have to call me that because she did. It's okay.

I'm okay. Just wish.

Things were going good for her in your world?

I am not calling you that simply because A-Fei called you that. We both considered you family, Red.

[ So, he wasn't calling her meimei just because his wife did. Red had become family for them. ]

They were going well for her. Back home she was training the Junior disciples of the 48 Stronghold.

[...Oh. Xingchen did not get to know Zhou Fei particularly well, but she took an interest in him, a protectiveness, and he genuinely liked her. It always hurts to hear of partings, and naturally more when they part with a piece of oneself.

This man is undoubtedly suffering.]

She is safe back in her home, then?

A-Fei is safe back home. Training the disciples of the 48 Stronghold in the ways of the sword.

[A pause.]

Then you will see her again. Though...I know that does not make her leaving any easier.

It does not. We formed a great fighting team together, even if she feared it sometimes.

That is difficult. For a partnership to be broken up like that. Do you have any other friends here, if you do not want to be alone?

I have my meimei and Master Zhou invited me over if I needed the company.

[ They'd agreed to have wine and Zhou Zishu had seen right through his smile. ]

Good. I can vouch for Zhou Zishu being excellent company.

[He has been an emotional pillar for Xingchen more than once on this whole journey.]

It is good that he has someone to vouch for him.

( ah.

the sudden disappearances are no longer new to emilia, but they never fail to affect her. a constant reminder of this world's whims, though she always remains skeptical. never quite stops searching, for it is difficult to settle on word alone. )

I will be on the lookout, just in case.
Your wife is a formidable woman. I am glad to have met her.

[ This is the first time that he's ever had someone just... disappear. He knows that the world around them was strange but to have someone taken bothered him, more than he cared to admit. ]

A-Fei is a very formidable woman. I am glad that you got to meet her.

Are you certain that something hasn't happened to her? Did she leave the clocktower?

I am certain that something hasn't happened to her. A-Fei is no longer here. She would not allow me to leave her side for long.

[ Vanessa has trouble feeling so optimistic. How would it even be possible without the beacon? Isn't that what they're all striving for? With all of the chaos in Serthica of late, she fears that the Remembrance may be involved somehow, or worse. Had the child done something to one of their numbers?

She would not dash his hopes, if he seems set on them. ]

I hope you are right, that somehow she is where she belongs. She was a magnificent woman to have known.

[ This? It is how Xie Yun has always been. He's not sure how this world works or what makes people disappear but others have disappeared before. Not that he knew those people that well. However, he also knows his wife. Zhou Fei feared for him and what used to course through his body. Another reason she'd never allow him far from her, no matter what she had to fight. ]

A-Fei has always been a magnificent woman. I couldn't have found anyone better.

When in her company, I felt I had a friend. I'll feel her loss keenly, but I will remain hopeful for her path forward. Yours, as well. Surely you will not be long apart.

I am glad that A-Fei had a friend in you. Friends were not something she came by easily.

I know your pain, unfortunately. If you need company to pass the worst of the pain, I am available.

[Losing your other half is never easy. He feels like he was split in half when Kexing disappeared.]

[ His wife would probably say that if he's all smiles that things are more serious than they are. Either way, he gives the other a half smile and nods. ]

I will keep that in mind, Master Zhou. We will have to meet up for wine at some point.

[Yeah he's not buying that smile. Some people are really, really too good at hiding their agony.]

Sooner rather than later? [He wants to make sure the other man isn't about to crumble.]

[ There are only a select few that would probably be able to see past that smile. As for crumbling, he was good at keeping himself intact. Not that he'd crumble in front of someone else. ]

Pick the time and place.

[Zishu isn't such a bad person to be around when comfort is needed. He is practiced in giving it and he is genuine in his affection.]

Tonight. I share a home with Xiao Xingchen. [Directions follow.] Can you make your way there? I don't mind coming to you.

[ Most of Xie Yun's comfort had come from the monks of Penglai. The very ones who raised him. ]

I can make my way there. You do not have to come to me.

Be vigilant and I will have something strong to drink. [Or tea if Xie Yun prefers. Zishu isn't the best about limiting his use of alcohol.]

As long as it's good wine.

[ Xie Yun doesn't mind tea but he prefers a good wine. ]

I can't promise anything spectacular, but it is drinkable.

[Don't they all.]

That is all anyone can ask for.

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