[after the jin dinner disaster, he'd promised himself that he'd protect her from as much ugliness of his world as he could. so he tries to think of an easy way to answer that question. but there's no way that wouldn't just leave her with more questions, and the knowledge that big brother hadn't answered wholly or honestly.
why is his world so dramatic.]
there was a war in my world, the wen sect against all others. wen ning was a member of that sect, so when they were defeated, his name was enough to make him evil in the eyes of the others.
he wasn't. he and his sister saved my life. they helped shijie and jiang cheng too, and i owed them. the wens who were allowed to live at all were held in detention and treated poorly. when i came across wen qing in the streets, she said that her brother had been taken away. she feared the worst.
when we found him, i thought he was dead. i realized too late that he wasn't, so when i brought him back to repay those who'd murdered innocents so casually and abused him...he wasn't under my control. a part of the good and gentle wen ning was still in there.
that's why he's different, and why he's not really dead.
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why is his world so dramatic.]
there was a war in my world, the wen sect against all others. wen ning was a member of that sect, so when they were defeated, his name was enough to make him evil in the eyes of the others.
he wasn't. he and his sister saved my life. they helped shijie and jiang cheng too, and i owed them. the wens who were allowed to live at all were held in detention and treated poorly. when i came across wen qing in the streets, she said that her brother had been taken away. she feared the worst.
when we found him, i thought he was dead. i realized too late that he wasn't, so when i brought him back to repay those who'd murdered innocents so casually and abused him...he wasn't under my control. a part of the good and gentle wen ning was still in there.
that's why he's different, and why he's not really dead.