...I feel a certain sense of kinship with such a thing. [ xie lian, not sure whether to laugh or cry. ] Perhaps we simply just cannot choose our family, no matter who they are. He wasn't successful, was he?
[ do as rex does, and laugh to hide the pain!! or, alternately, (redacted) ] The apocalypse bit? Yeah. The brainwashing bit? No, but not for lack of trying.
[ Rex's expression sobers here, though, as he looks out across the ocean for a moment. ]
...you're wrong there, though. You can choose your family. My brother's--well, my brother, but I've got other people who're my family now too.
...Mm. [ xie lian softens a little with that, too. he thinks - about a friend, the very closest. someone he misses very much. ] That's true.
If that is the case, I should like to cast off Qi Rong as my family, I think. At least in metaphor. [ xie lian laughs a little at that, though - its one of those situations where you just have to laugh. ] The same to your brother, then. I am very glad that you escaped from such a terrible thing as mind control - that implies you are quite strong of heart.
Yeah, well, I'm a bit tougher than most of the other things he used that tech on. ...I think I'll keep him around for now, though. He's... [ Rex struggles to think of a way to describe him--of a way to comprehend him at all. Eventually, he gives up and stares down at his hands in his lap. ] ...if nothing else, he knows a lot of stuff that's important to me.
[ then he straightens up, lively again because he needs to dunk on qi rong ]
But hey! Get rid of him if you want! There's always better people out there to make family out of. He seems like a pain in the neck anyway, and I only talked to him, like, twice. Although he was kind of fun to poke at.
I understand that. [ after all, their little age discrepancy meant that qi rong knew plenty of things about xie lian - it was hard to discern what was true and what wasn't, with the way that he runs his mouth, and it was unendingly frustrating. as rex looks down, xie lian glances over at him, but the moment of solemnness passes between them both.
rex livening up surprises him, though - he blinks at him for a moment, and then laughs a little, rubbing the back of his neck. his daemon curls up a little a tighter in his lap. ]
He is certainly a "pain in the neck", yes. At any rate, perhaps some time in solitude will do him some good.
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on 2021-10-03 02:21 am (UTC)[ god. xie lian taps the spot next to him! come sit. ]
...And mine may perhaps be the oddest. At least, of this current group of people. I... am sorry you had to experience any of that.
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on 2021-10-03 02:43 am (UTC)Making some pretty bold assumptions there, aren't you? You don't know what my family's like--or anyone else's around here!
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on 2021-10-03 02:55 am (UTC)[ he does deliver this very wryly at least ]
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on 2021-10-03 03:09 am (UTC)no subject
on 2021-10-03 03:26 am (UTC)wow. ]
...I feel a certain sense of kinship with such a thing. [ xie lian, not sure whether to laugh or cry. ] Perhaps we simply just cannot choose our family, no matter who they are. He wasn't successful, was he?
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on 2021-10-03 03:33 am (UTC)[ Rex's expression sobers here, though, as he looks out across the ocean for a moment. ]
...you're wrong there, though. You can choose your family. My brother's--well, my brother, but I've got other people who're my family now too.
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on 2021-10-03 03:38 am (UTC)...Mm. [ xie lian softens a little with that, too. he thinks - about a friend, the very closest. someone he misses very much. ] That's true.
If that is the case, I should like to cast off Qi Rong as my family, I think. At least in metaphor. [ xie lian laughs a little at that, though - its one of those situations where you just have to laugh. ] The same to your brother, then. I am very glad that you escaped from such a terrible thing as mind control - that implies you are quite strong of heart.
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on 2021-10-03 04:18 am (UTC)[ then he straightens up, lively again because he needs to dunk on qi rong ]
But hey! Get rid of him if you want! There's always better people out there to make family out of. He seems like a pain in the neck anyway, and I only talked to him, like, twice. Although he was kind of fun to poke at.
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on 2021-10-03 01:28 pm (UTC)rex livening up surprises him, though - he blinks at him for a moment, and then laughs a little, rubbing the back of his neck. his daemon curls up a little a tighter in his lap. ]
He is certainly a "pain in the neck", yes. At any rate, perhaps some time in solitude will do him some good.
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on 2021-10-05 07:04 am (UTC)He might just get more annoying instead.