"Wei-xiong." Huaisang's shoulders hunch forward, eyes lowered, because the only defense he can think of is likely to hurt. "You're my best friend, and you've scared me many times. I know I wasn't there at Nightless City, or at Burial Mounds, but if even a tenth of the things they say you did are true..."
Huaisang knows his friend. He knows how honorable and kind he can be, but he also knows how self-involved and harshly logical he can be. Most of the ridiculous reports Huaisang rejects out of hand. Others, he hesitates over. Some, he believes to be true.
"You're dangerous, but you're also loyal. I trust you. Sometimes..." Huaisang sighs and wrinkles his nose, finally looking up at his friend. "Sometimes I've gotta make friends with two of the scariest people in the cultivation world, I guess. I'll let him know that if he hurts me, the Yiling Patriarch is coming for him."
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Huaisang knows his friend. He knows how honorable and kind he can be, but he also knows how self-involved and harshly logical he can be. Most of the ridiculous reports Huaisang rejects out of hand. Others, he hesitates over. Some, he believes to be true.
"You're dangerous, but you're also loyal. I trust you. Sometimes..." Huaisang sighs and wrinkles his nose, finally looking up at his friend. "Sometimes I've gotta make friends with two of the scariest people in the cultivation world, I guess. I'll let him know that if he hurts me, the Yiling Patriarch is coming for him."