It really is. But I've seen people manage to withdraw quite effectively, at times....
[Eiffel, Hakkai hopes, is far enough from Xie Lian to be safe. A friend of friends. Edwin is -- closer, and as much power as he has, can be easy to hurt.]
Well, it's something we should be careful about, anyway.
[Jedao's feelings about troubled immortals are something that Hakkai is familiar with, but... well. He'd rather not see Jedao hurt for it. He lets out a breath, after a moment.]
I...he's similar, but also very different. Kujen was happy and petty and bored. He didn't feel despair at all.
[Anger and obsession and despair are still ways of caring about the world, of reacting to things other than selfishness. The barge thinks that Jun Wu can change. Jedao wants to give him - an open hand, a chance. But it's nice to place him firmly in the category of beautiful, but my father-in-law's problem, as extra surety against becoming too entangled.]
[It's true that the inmates brought here are people who can change. Hakkai might be a little concerned, but -- well. He isn't about to tell Jedao not to get involved.]
I think I'm a little less worried about his presence than Xie Lian is. No one can really be objective about their own nightmare.
Xie Lian's not that bad! I think he'll take me up on the offer.
And if not, I'll make him. [His voice brightens with a cheerfully threatening lilt. He will kidnap his mentor and force him to have a nice dinner and stay with company. If it's necessary.]
I suppose it means we don't want to make the book ceremony too public, but we will need space for, what, at least ten people? Would Gojyo like to come, do you think?
... And Sebastian, maybe. But I think with him, I'd like to ask before I consider giving out an invitation.
[Gojyo is his family: there's no question about that. Sebastian might or might not appreciate the implications, and he would most certainly pick up on them all.]
I think it would have to be the Enclosure. That's a few too many people for our cabin, and it's definitely too many for Xie Lian's.
[And if they're keeping it private, then holding it in a public place is asking for trouble.]
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Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
[Eiffel, Hakkai hopes, is far enough from Xie Lian to be safe. A friend of friends. Edwin is -- closer, and as much power as he has, can be easy to hurt.]
Well, it's something we should be careful about, anyway.
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
I've spoken to him, and I can see how he might just as easily isolate himself.
I want to...try with him. But I'll be careful.
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
[Jedao's feelings about troubled immortals are something that Hakkai is familiar with, but... well. He'd rather not see Jedao hurt for it. He lets out a breath, after a moment.]
... I trust you.
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
Thank you, Hakkai-shei.
I...he's similar, but also very different. Kujen was happy and petty and bored. He didn't feel despair at all.
[Anger and obsession and despair are still ways of caring about the world, of reacting to things other than selfishness. The barge thinks that Jun Wu can change. Jedao wants to give him - an open hand, a chance. But it's nice to place him firmly in the category of beautiful, but my father-in-law's problem, as extra surety against becoming too entangled.]
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
[It's true that the inmates brought here are people who can change. Hakkai might be a little concerned, but -- well. He isn't about to tell Jedao not to get involved.]
I think I'm a little less worried about his presence than Xie Lian is. No one can really be objective about their own nightmare.
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
No. But I think he has a lot of practice not being alright.
I don't really know how to help. Although I did tell him, if he needs to come here so that he's not alone, we have a couch he can stay on....
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
And if not, I'll make him. [His voice brightens with a cheerfully threatening lilt. He will kidnap his mentor and force him to have a nice dinner and stay with company. If it's necessary.]
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
Xie Lian just forgets that he has other options sometimes.
[It's totally different.]
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
[It also means it's much harder to get around the habit to actually offer help, but-- well, everything good comes with the bad....]
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
I suppose it means we don't want to make the book ceremony too public, but we will need space for, what, at least ten people? Would Gojyo like to come, do you think?
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
[He has no idea whether Gojyo would like to come or not, but as a marker of Hakkai considering him family, the invitation is necessary.]
You, myself, Edwin, Xie Lian... Idia too, I think. He's also Xie Lian's student.
[It might have to be more than ten people if everyone on Jedao's side of the family table is invited.]
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
[There's three sides to invite. Four with Idia, if Hakkai and Xie Lian count separately.]
And Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei and Godric. I don't know about Archer or Eric. They're Godric's family but not really mine, yet.
[But he does want those three. He wants to - show them that Edwin is his, and give Edwin the family he's worked to build here. A gift, a welcome.]
So it does have to be the Enclosure, maybe? I mean, we could use the deck or the dining Hall, but that's even more public.
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
[Gojyo is his family: there's no question about that. Sebastian might or might not appreciate the implications, and he would most certainly pick up on them all.]
I think it would have to be the Enclosure. That's a few too many people for our cabin, and it's definitely too many for Xie Lian's.
[And if they're keeping it private, then holding it in a public place is asking for trouble.]
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
Re: [after Jun Wu's post and talking to Xie Lian]
[A brief pause, and then, smiling crookedly, he blows Jedao a kiss through the communicator.]
It might help distract Xie Lian from worrying, too. Thank you, Jedao-shei.