SHI QING XUAN

[aubins]

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[shiftingwinds]

We did the best we could with what we have to work with.

[no deaths at all definitely would have been better, but... here they are, indeed.]

...do you think it might make a difference? Now that we've proven that it's not a given you'll get away with it if you try to kill...?

[aubins]

I don’t know.

[ ... ] Maybe.

It’d be nice if that was the case.

[shiftingwinds]

I hope so...

[but... who knows if it will be? only time will tell.]

...Aoi's really worried that someone she cares about is going to get hurt again. I don't want to let that happen.

[aubins]

...



[ he sighs ]

I think that’s a fear all of us have now. There’s less of us each week, after all.

[shiftingwinds]

...I hope she'll be alright. She was so scared before.

[aubins]

I didn’t realise the two of you were so close.

[shiftingwinds]

...?

Well, of course we are.

["of course"?]

[aubins]

[ of course.....? ]

You almost took each other’s heads off for a moment there, Shi.

[shiftingwinds]

[she thinks back and -

oh. yeah. yeah, that did happen.]

...why did I want to fight her so badly...? I love her.

[aubins]

....

You love her?

[shiftingwinds]

[she nods, like it's the most natural thing in the world]

Mmhm.

[aubins]

.....

Hey. Shi. Did you find all the people who have the same power as you?

[shiftingwinds]

...?

No... but I don't see what that has to do with this. Why the sudden change in subject?

[aubins]

I looked up the name of your power, that’s all. It was mentioned last week that it shares a name with a greek god.

[ ... ]

I recommend checking it out at the library. There’s a book on these gods.

[shiftingwinds]

[


she really doesn't get why he's bringing that up all of a sudden.]

Well, okay...

[aubins]

[ siiiiiiiigh ]

Aphrodite’s the goddess of love, Shi.

[shiftingwinds]

[...]

Right, but I didn't use my power, and I'm sure Mollymauk didn't either.

[aubins]

Is it just the two of you though? My power’s shared among three, which fits with the groups from the mini-investigation.

[shiftingwinds]

I don't think anyone else mentioned having it...

[aubins]

That doesn’t mean they don’t though.

Or didn’t. I guess.

[shiftingwinds]

I don't really get what you're getting at... This power wouldn't have made me fight with Aoi.

Anyway... [moving right along] ...Law was... he accepted it pretty easily when he was figured out.

Do you think tomorrow will be okay...?

[aubins]

I know, but you’re also very adamant you’re in love with her all of a sudden. So... I wonder if you were both hit with something twice.

...

I don’t know. Depends on who gets called to execute him. Could be Medb? She has her reasons for being mad that Douman’s dead.

[shiftingwinds]

I don't see what's so sudden about it, she's always been extraordinary...

[no it. it's sudden. it's really very sudden. sighs.]

That's right... they were close. "Master" and "Servant," I think it was...? [her brow furrows a little.] ...I hope she'll be okay.

[aubins]

... I'll check in with you later about this. See if anything's changed. Just call it a hunch, okay?

[ SIGH ]

That was the way they called it, I think. She's resilient. She'll bounce back. [ and she'll probably be the one ending law's life if she has her way ]

But she wasn't happy. That much was clear.

[shiftingwinds]

Well, okay...

[she doesn't see the problem here but!! whatever floats his boat.]

...what do you think? About why Law did what he did... [she hesitates] ...I thought it was Vlad who had killed Steven. Not Douman.