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[lifeban]

[wwwatching him, miserably.]

She did mention knowing others with horns...

[lionsleeps]

I think we can trust her.

[He comes back with a bottle and hands it to Dan Heng.]

Just don't take tips from Dan Feng, no matter what he says.

[lifeban]

[sitting up to swallow a few dry.]

...

[struggling. not to apologize.]

[lionsleeps]

[Do your best, Dan Heng. Jing Yuan is losing that particular inner battle.]

...I should've kept you two apart from the beginning.

[lifeban]

[damnit man]

Because that would have worked.

[lionsleeps]

It would have been better than doing nothing to stop him.

[lifeban]

What are you talking about?

[lionsleeps]

[SIGHS, leaning against the nearest wall to put a polite distance between them.]

Judging by his reactions, I may have been the first to encounter him. Rather than warn you or contain him, I... ran away.

Even if I wasn't the first, I was still a coward.

[lifeban]

...I-

[stops. reconsiders his words.]

You realize I also ran away from him, yes?

[lionsleeps]

[He sees where this line of questions is going and moves to shut it down immediately.]

You are not responsible for him. You should run.

[lifeban]

I am no less responsible for him than you are.

[lionsleeps]

That's not true, Dan Heng.

[lifeban]

He's making trouble with my face.

I'm the one who brought him inside.

[lionsleeps]

I'm the one who's known him since before you were a thought.

...And the one he loves.

[lifeban]

Am I responsible for everyone Blade has killed trying to get to me, for being the object of his fixation?

[lionsleeps]

Of course not!

[This is quickly turning into an argument Jing Yuan doesn't actually want to have. He's pretty openly eyeing the door at this point.]

This is different.

[lifeban]

It isn't different at all.

[lionsleeps]

I appreciate your concern, Dan Heng, but you don't know what lies between him and myself.

[lifeban]

Do you? He's not your Dan Feng, Jing Yuan.

[lionsleeps]

It is truly astounding how little that matters.

[lifeban]

Why are you convinced the blame has to fall on you?

[lionsleeps]

It isn't something I can explain to you so easily. But I will refrain from mentioning it in the future. My apologies for upsetting you.

[lifeban]

So you're going to continue blaming yourself for his actions and just try to keep from reminding me you're doing so.

I don't particularly enjoy prying, but I may have to, at this point.

[lionsleeps]

[ugh. UGH!!! Jing Yuan huffs, crossing his arms but trying to look cool and collected.]

Have you ever been in love, Dan Heng?

[lifeban]

[ah it's working

ah we're going down that road.]

Not personally.