un: absterge

[downswing]

Instructions to appease the dead were requested. For monks.

Do not greet them bloodied. Treat them as elders. Children. Capable of base emotion: fear, wrath, lust, fierce love.

Spare kindness. Respect. Sandalwood and joss sticks. Patience.

Forgive their pettiness. Their cruelty.

Allow them dignity. Listen, then perform their required appeasement.

Should this fail: binding. Execution.

( ooc: this has been Exorcism 101 and the only topic on which Lan Wangji will speak at length, Spider-walk taught during your next class. )

Comments

[nochnaya]

How so?

[downswing]

One is always unworthy of a task of grace.

[nochnaya]

An interesting perspective.

An uncommon one too.

[downswing]

Yours?

[nochnaya]

I do not find myself considering my worth when putting these spirits to rest. Only the necessity of the task.

[ ... ]

In the past, however? Perhaps I would have agreed with you.

[downswing]

What changed?

[nochnaya]

I am older now. More experienced. Less alone.

And it is not my family that I put to rest any longer.