the sum of our parts
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component parts by perfectlyrose
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
26 Jul 2020
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“He’s just like his father, isn’t he?” The diplomat says, expression edging on a sneer. “Too proud to come down off his golden pedestal.”
Wei Wuxian’s grip tightens on his cup and glances up at Jin Ling to see if he’d heard as well. The expression on his nephew’s face punches the breath out of him. It’s some mixture of desperation and longing and grief and curiosity that Wei Wuxian can only read because he’s too familiar with that particular emotional cocktail.
Did no one ever tell this boy about his parents? He wonders as he throws back his cup of wine. He grew up in Koi Tower around people who would’ve known his father, in Lotus Pier with Jiang Cheng who knew his mother better than anyone still alive at that point.
Did they leave Jin Ling to grow up with the ghosts of his parents instead of gifting him secondhand memories?Wei Wuxian tells Jin Ling about the people his parents were.
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- Part 1 of the sum of our parts