[the pressure doesn't hurt. it's coming from a place of concern, of kindness...and though Blue can lament having become cause for concern at all, he's grateful. grateful for his friendship and care.
it's also the care of a brother, right? it's what Xichen assured he was now, given the ribbon still wound around his own wrist.]
What helps is...being assured of reality. When it happens. That disorienting silence...it was bearable in Scorpion's Bend because I could still sense you all. But when all goes quiet...it's hard to know if I am awake or dreaming.
[ xichen watches him carefully, brows furrowed but soothed by the answer. if it takes assuring blue what is real and what is around him, he will do his best to provide just that.
he is not unfamiliar with friends, with brothers teetering on the edge of free fall into a world not grounded in reality. mingjue was doomed in this, pushed over the edge by means xichen unknowingly allowed. ] Then I will do my best to remind you what is real.
I -- The songs I play, Clarity, are meant to calm and bring back those lost in their mind to the present. It cannot help with returning your powers, but I can offer that when I am well. [ a pause. ] If I myself have not... [ he shakes his head, cutting off the thought. ] Your illness progressed to such a point then? I am sorry... I-- I did not realize. [ that is a brother's failure, a falling short he knows too painfully. he will not allow it again, not with blue. ]
[as Xichen's flow of thought begins to falter with guilt, Blue squeezes at his hand to reground him.]
There is nothing you could have done, noticing sooner or later. This is the price I'm paying for Sabriel's efforts in keeping me alive; my own failings in Scorpion's Bend are to blame.
And even if it didn't have the magic you imbue, I would still listen to your music. That in of itself has power.
Is... are there other effects? [ he worries what may have been done, even if he knows it was not flippantly considered.
he takes a moment to consider the mu's words, watches him for a moment before he is soothed. he offers a smile, a tired one. ] Then I will play for you in any form.
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it's also the care of a brother, right? it's what Xichen assured he was now, given the ribbon still wound around his own wrist.]
What helps is...being assured of reality. When it happens. That disorienting silence...it was bearable in Scorpion's Bend because I could still sense you all. But when all goes quiet...it's hard to know if I am awake or dreaming.
...That's when it started. After we returned.
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he is not unfamiliar with friends, with brothers teetering on the edge of free fall into a world not grounded in reality. mingjue was doomed in this, pushed over the edge by means xichen unknowingly allowed. ] Then I will do my best to remind you what is real.
I -- The songs I play, Clarity, are meant to calm and bring back those lost in their mind to the present. It cannot help with returning your powers, but I can offer that when I am well. [ a pause. ] If I myself have not... [ he shakes his head, cutting off the thought. ] Your illness progressed to such a point then? I am sorry... I-- I did not realize. [ that is a brother's failure, a falling short he knows too painfully. he will not allow it again, not with blue. ]
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There is nothing you could have done, noticing sooner or later. This is the price I'm paying for Sabriel's efforts in keeping me alive; my own failings in Scorpion's Bend are to blame.
And even if it didn't have the magic you imbue, I would still listen to your music. That in of itself has power.
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he takes a moment to consider the mu's words, watches him for a moment before he is soothed. he offers a smile, a tired one. ] Then I will play for you in any form.
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Rest. For now.
I can do it, surely. Keep the nightmares at bay...for a little while.
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I know you can. [ if not for long, for a little while.
the willingness to do it is what matters, that warms xichen's heart and brings a grateful smile to his lips. ]