[ chonghua says it with an offhanded grace that isn't necessarily insincere. certain people have a unique bearing and while he's never been in the presence of anyone who could not be parsed down to blood-wet bone and desperate synapse in the end, this situation has begged his understanding more than once already. in a word: okay, sure. he believes that. ]
undaunted, he holds asura's gaze — less a personal challenge and more a bulwark. ]
Maybe you will. You'll find that he is a human who's seen too much darkness. But he doesn't belong to it anymore.
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In the presence of royalty?
[ chonghua says it with an offhanded grace that isn't necessarily insincere. certain people have a unique bearing and while he's never been in the presence of anyone who could not be parsed down to blood-wet bone and desperate synapse in the end, this situation has begged his understanding more than once already. in a word: okay, sure. he believes that. ]
undaunted, he holds asura's gaze — less a personal challenge and more a bulwark. ]
Maybe you will. You'll find that he is a human who's seen too much darkness. But he doesn't belong to it anymore.