Sometimes, a soldier must just accept the orders he's given. [ whether he's talking about jing yuan or himself, he doesn't specify, but: ] What he has done is wrong, and he will face punishment for it.
But it seems important to me that people know that this is not the Jing Yuan I know. I hate to think of his legacy and kindness as being ruined like this.
I've met enough adherents of the Absolute who seemed to have abruptly lost their mind to feel comfortable assuming changes in personality like that are always benign.
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Date: 2025-02-16 01:54 pm (UTC)[but she's sympathetic. he doesn't want to express pain about it right now, and she isn't going to force him to, but she understands it's there.]
Trust is a difficult thing to give. But you don't strike me as the sort of man who easily misplaces it. I believe you.
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Date: 2025-02-16 03:37 pm (UTC)Sometimes, a soldier must just accept the orders he's given. [ whether he's talking about jing yuan or himself, he doesn't specify, but: ] What he has done is wrong, and he will face punishment for it.
But it seems important to me that people know that this is not the Jing Yuan I know. I hate to think of his legacy and kindness as being ruined like this.
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Date: 2025-02-17 04:22 pm (UTC)I'll remember him the way you describe.
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Date: 2025-02-17 08:07 pm (UTC)[ genuinely. ]
I won't forget this kindness.