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{Guangyao forces himself to calm, to clear his mind of those horrible, horrible images. What's done is done.}

If we have each other, it's not so bad. {He smiles shakily and kisses Xue Yang's hand.}

[ Xue Yang nods and leans in to put their foreheads together. ]

Yeah. You're the only one who... who gets me. [ And it's not something he takes for granted! ] I had this stupid idea that Xiao Xingchen might, if I just explained myself to him... [ He laughs humorlessly. ] But in the end, he reacted just like everyone else.

{The monsters inside of them understand one another. They might strike out at each other, but in the end, they are all they have.}

He has never been a homeless, starving child. He has never been beaten down by a whole sect. He has never been denied love by family.

He's naive and stupid.

He told me... before his Shifu found him, that he was on the streets for a while. [ Xue Yang swallows hard, bitterly. ] But of course, he got lucky. Someone saved him.

How blessed. {Guangyao hisses sarcastically.} He can't know what it's like at all. Year after year; missed meal after missed meal.

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