[ xie lian says, quietly, as she finishes. that's the only way he really acknowledges it, first, and there's a soft, almost faraway tone to his voice. nostalgic, maybe. sad. touched. somewhere in between. his heart aches with it, as compassionate as he has always been. ]
...In other languages, I believe it simply translates as "your highness"; "His Highness, the Crown Prince of Xian Le."
[ to talk about himself as a stranger doesn't feel all that wrong. he isn't even sure who "his highness the crown prince of xian le" is anymore, either. ] His tale is very... [ a pause, as he tries to word it. ] ...it is infamous, in many ways, in our land. Cautionary. Sometimes a comedy, but most often a tragedy. He made many, many mistakes in his life - more than any tale could really encapsulate.
So to ask him to teach you to learn... I think that is a very good prayer to make.
[ i'm trying, he thinks, of hikaru and her actions and her huge, bright heart. of what we can learn. of waves, of ripples, of riptides.
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[ xie lian says, quietly, as she finishes. that's the only way he really acknowledges it, first, and there's a soft, almost faraway tone to his voice. nostalgic, maybe. sad. touched. somewhere in between. his heart aches with it, as compassionate as he has always been. ]
...In other languages, I believe it simply translates as "your highness"; "His Highness, the Crown Prince of Xian Le."
[ to talk about himself as a stranger doesn't feel all that wrong. he isn't even sure who "his highness the crown prince of xian le" is anymore, either. ] His tale is very... [ a pause, as he tries to word it. ] ...it is infamous, in many ways, in our land. Cautionary. Sometimes a comedy, but most often a tragedy. He made many, many mistakes in his life - more than any tale could really encapsulate.
So to ask him to teach you to learn... I think that is a very good prayer to make.
[ i'm trying, he thinks, of hikaru and her actions and her huge, bright heart. of what we can learn. of waves, of ripples, of riptides.
i am trying. ]