I see, I see! Well, you'll have to let me know if it does, alright? I'll spread the word to the others, if I can.
[ as he steps back, some of the brighter, more playful energy fades off of him. ] I do mean what I say, Brother Goat. Thank you.
[ there's a beat. it seems like he might be ready to say his goodbyes, but, xie lian pauses. ] ...Say, you remember our exchange, right? Would you be willing to trade a memory with me, again?
Well, you've told me your age - or something close to it. I think that's good enough.
[ the last bit of cheer fades from xie lian's face. ] ...The thing that I will share with you, is something that almost no one knows. I thought...until today, even, I thought I was the last person alive who knew it.
[ his mouth twitches up a little. ] Well. I suppose in some ways, I still am. At any rate.
...This is not the first time that I have dealt with something like this, Brother Goat. At least... like what we dealt with over this past weekend. The memory I would like you to hold onto for me is simply a sentence, if that's alright, and not a pleasant one. If something happens, and I forget everything that I know - or, if something else happens to me in my time here, then I don't want the knowledge to disappear.
It may not make much sense without context, but that, I think, is for the best. [ he takes a deep breath, loosening the stone at his chest he's held onto since his first descent. ]
"The human face disease can only be cured with shed blood."
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[ as he steps back, some of the brighter, more playful energy fades off of him. ] I do mean what I say, Brother Goat. Thank you.
[ there's a beat. it seems like he might be ready to say his goodbyes, but, xie lian pauses. ] ...Say, you remember our exchange, right? Would you be willing to trade a memory with me, again?
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All right, though I don't have many more memories to speak of, as I can't reveal my interactions with others...
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[ the last bit of cheer fades from xie lian's face. ] ...The thing that I will share with you, is something that almost no one knows. I thought...until today, even, I thought I was the last person alive who knew it.
[ his mouth twitches up a little. ] Well. I suppose in some ways, I still am. At any rate.
...This is not the first time that I have dealt with something like this, Brother Goat. At least... like what we dealt with over this past weekend. The memory I would like you to hold onto for me is simply a sentence, if that's alright, and not a pleasant one. If something happens, and I forget everything that I know - or, if something else happens to me in my time here, then I don't want the knowledge to disappear.
It may not make much sense without context, but that, I think, is for the best. [ he takes a deep breath, loosening the stone at his chest he's held onto since his first descent. ]
"The human face disease can only be cured with shed blood."
That is all.
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I will hold onto that, then.
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Thank you, Brother Goat. I apologize, that I cannot explain much more beyond that.
[ xie lian gives a polite little bow. ] This has been very helpful. I feel a little more at ease than I did before.
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