Several long seconds, he makes Wei Ying wait, watching him with a solemn, unblinking gaze. He only ever speaks the truth, but sometimes that requires never speaking at all. Some things can't, or shouldn't, be said.
Some he couldn't bring himself to even if he tried.
But this... he's not sure that he can keep this to himself. As much as he should wish to. It would require him to pretend, and that is something can't - and wouldn't - do. So this is a truth that Wei Ying will have to know, sooner or later.
"Sixteen years." The words are as heavy as his gaze. "Since you fell."
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Several long seconds, he makes Wei Ying wait, watching him with a solemn, unblinking gaze. He only ever speaks the truth, but sometimes that requires never speaking at all. Some things can't, or shouldn't, be said.
Some he couldn't bring himself to even if he tried.
But this... he's not sure that he can keep this to himself. As much as he should wish to. It would require him to pretend, and that is something can't - and wouldn't - do. So this is a truth that Wei Ying will have to know, sooner or later.
"Sixteen years." The words are as heavy as his gaze. "Since you fell."