[Taking a long swig, snickering to himself too. The worst? The fucking worst.]
Your— what was it? Ward? [Tilting his head for a moment.] I’m sure it can’t be all that bad. You seem responsible. I can think of worse things than to be under your care.
[He pauses, taking a slower drink this time, toying with the front of his shirt, where the scars run across his chest and up the length of his neck.]
And it wasn’t all that terrible for me. I was raised by [a beat] a halfling couple, in the Empire. They were kind and attentive enough, but of course, growing up behorned and lavender in a town like that leads to scrutiny. I ran away and joined the circus when I was a teenager. I fit in much better there, you see.
[ somewhere chang geng looking into the camera like he's on the fucking office ]
Oh, thank you. I think. [ a bit tongue in cheek, there. ] I hope he'd agree.
[ haha
anyway. gu yun watches his hands, for a moment, observant as ever, tracing over the scars before his eyes flick back up to his face. ] Makes sense to me. You must've been all over the place - any particular sights to see? I love a good story.
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Your— what was it? Ward? [Tilting his head for a moment.] I’m sure it can’t be all that bad. You seem responsible. I can think of worse things than to be under your care.
[He pauses, taking a slower drink this time, toying with the front of his shirt, where the scars run across his chest and up the length of his neck.]
And it wasn’t all that terrible for me. I was raised by [a beat] a halfling couple, in the Empire. They were kind and attentive enough, but of course, growing up behorned and lavender in a town like that leads to scrutiny. I ran away and joined the circus when I was a teenager. I fit in much better there, you see.
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Oh, thank you. I think. [ a bit tongue in cheek, there. ] I hope he'd agree.
[ haha
anyway. gu yun watches his hands, for a moment, observant as ever, tracing over the scars before his eyes flick back up to his face. ] Makes sense to me. You must've been all over the place - any particular sights to see? I love a good story.