❛ BETTER THAN NOTHING INDEED, ❜ wei wuxian echoed with a shrug. it’d been the motto he’d lived by these past few months, and while it would not sustain him forever, it did the job well enough for now. there was always a later, though. later, when the burial mounds were made hospitable ; later, when the sects’ animosity would hopefully die down and they could make a livelihood outside of these haunted lands again. one couldn’t feed on hopes and dreams, but beggars couldn’t afford to be choosers.
HE CROSSED HIS ARMS, looking the other up and down.❛ what? i’m conducting an experiment, so i need something concrete to work off of, not just your accounts. ❜ but even preparing himself for an impressive display of power didn’t keep him from flinching, hands flying up to shield his face from the dust and batting it away just in time to see the last of the rocks crumbling, revealing the darkened cave’s entrance.
❛ IMPRESSIVE, ❜ he muttered. ❛ your strength definitely outmatches an average fierce corpse’s, and the break is clean, so you do have a better measure of control than most, but… ❜ he trailed off, eyes drifting to the gash in dead flesh.❛ it’s not viable, though. what happens if no one patches you up in between bouts? ❜ wei wuxian gestured him closer, rummaging through his pockets for the needle and thread he usually carried around for both crafting and repairs for a-yuan’s dolls.❛ come here, i’ll put that back together before it can get worse. ❜
He had to admit that there wasn’t any comfort in that situation; Maybe because it was that man surrounded by rumors and claims, or because of the relationship they had and the events that lead to that moment, maybe all these circumstances; How did he manage to regain consciousness even after being brutally murdered by whom he once called his comrades? Why didn't he just stay dead instead of having to wander through this hell of Earth? He never feared death in life. In fact, death had always been present in his simple life, especially when he became a man of war. Yet, his current state of it was much more frightening than the idea of ··joining the mountains of corpses that piled up during these last times of violence. Still, thinking too much about it would only distance his head from the present moment, in addition to worsening his mood, which was not quite an acceptable alternative now ━━━━━━━━━━ it would only lead to nothing.
If there was still a need to breathe, he would certainly be panting. Especially after witnessing the damage his own bare hands have caused. It was as exciting as it was scary, in fact. However, as he turned and faced the Diabolist's expression, the distance between his eyebrows shortened in slight confusion. What could the expression on his face mean? Isn’t this enough? But before he could say a word, his eyes quickly notice the needle in his hands, causing his face to furrow even more, almost comically even.
❛❛ Just what the hell do you think you're doing ━━━━━ ?! ❜❜ Exclamation comes wrapped in hesitation as he takes a step backwards, before finally realizing that the small discomfort in his arm isn’t just a simple discomfort but his hanging arm swinging free! Now the expression of astonishment was more and more evident. ❛❛ How is this possible?! ❜❜ Shouldn't his body be a little tougher? Well, he is dead after all, but this feeling is totally different than taking damage in life. After some brief moments of comic reluctance, his body finally sees to surrender and stay still, but by no means calm as tension still afflicts the muscles. Still, there’s an attempt to collect his thoughts and what’s left of his composure whilst the Cathayan allows the other to do the necessary repairs, glancing down and muttering: ❛❛ I might have strength, even magic or whatever you Cultivators call, but I can't control shit ━━━━━━━━━━ it doesn't make me much better than those walking monsters. ❜❜