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

[silverneedles]

Not all my time was devoted to exploration.

[ Obedience was a necessity, when dealing with her uncle. ]

[downswing]

Do you regret?

[silverneedles]

My explorations?

[downswing]

As they were.

[silverneedles]

More complicated than simple regret.
It kept a-Ning alive. I cannot regret that. The harm my reports caused, yes.