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Good... I won't let them take you from me this time. (Even if she had to tear everything apart, she wasn't going to let Baiheng slip from her grasp again. But for now? She was content to be close to the Foxian again, just enjoying this peaceful reunion.)

it's the only place i want to be. don't worry, as long as either of us can help it... i'm here. ( it was a promise, one she would do everything in her power to ensure remained intact. being this close to her again, to be able to feel her after so many years apart... it was a weight off of her chest

Mh, indeed... We have a lot of catching up to do. (Jingliu leant closer, a soft hum leaving her as they pressed their foreheads together. A warmth in her chest, something she hadn't felt in so, so long. Baiheng was back within her reach, something she'd never expected in all these years...)

. . . i think you've done enough fighting for a while, my jingliu. for now, we have lots to catch up on, don't we? ( this was the moment that she reluctantly let go of the other's hand, but it was only so that she could also bring it up to cup her face. leaning in slowly all the while, she

Haha, still as arrogant as always.

Ahah— You still underestimate me.

I have not even touched him at all.

Hands off of Yingxing, Jingliu.

Indeed, it will catch up... It feels like many lifetimes since we were last together... (She doesn't know exactly how Baiheng came back, but Jingliu does not care about how. As long as she was here beside her.) I remember... But I do not wish to have to fight you, in any case...

. . . time still catches up, one way or another. would you believe me if i told you it's felt like thousands of years since i last saw you, at least to me? ( so many memories, so many things she didn't experience herself, but fragments were seen anyway... perhaps paying that scientist a visit at

You committed an atrocity because you let yourself get arrogant... trying to change fate...

I was trying to save her from the first moment.

You are still not going to beat me.

Do you think I've forgotten what you've taught me?

Would you rather I fight you?

Don't go getting nostalgic on me.

Even for the long-lived species, it really did feel like the blink of an eye... (She remembered the last time she saw Jing Yuan, before they met again after the incident on the Luofu. The one who'd stopped her rampage before she was exiled... It must have been so rough on him.) You say that now...

they grow up so fast, huh? ( arguably 700 years was not fast, but she didn't need to dwell for too long on how long it felt for herself; suspended space had messed with her sense of time, which really made it feel like it'd been even longer. the action and the sigh brought a little smile out of

You're still a brat, even after all these years. 😤

I can see your goo-goo eyes, even behind that blindfold.

... . . . . . . . . . . . . Touche.

...? ?????? ???????????? Blade?

The fact that Baiheng came back is the only reason I won't turn you into a handbag, old man.

Impudence. 💢

Okay but my gayness never almost destroyed everything.

You're one to talk.

He's grown up so much, I still remember when he was barely past my shoulder... (Jing Yuan certainly avoided a worse fate, unlike the rest of them... she didn't like to think about it, not right now. Jingliu's Mara had been suppressed by her won methods, but it was not perfect...)

heh- once so spry, now a tired general... there would be worse ways to be, i suppose... ( dealing with the mara would certainly be one of them, but that wasn't something she'd say aloud, not when one who dealt with that very outcome before was standing before her. she didn't answer right away, her

I went to go check on a few things and you two are still gay as ever...

Welcome back... old friend.

... Hello, Yingxing.

Jingliu, you're back. 😊

Obviously the giant lizard.

Who are you calling a lizard ? 💢

I have become homophobic but specifically for that fucking lizard.

I think it's because he has fallen into a sleepy state when he is not in battle... (Whatever Jing Yuan had gone through, he deserved to rest at least. He was so stressed, and the stresses would only pile up with the plans Jingliu had, what she had dragged Luocha into and needed to convince the-