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[goldenchilde]

[Calmer. Less affection-starved. Normal.]

Less hungry.

[Let's go with that.]

[sizhui]

That's probably a relief.

Your father?

[goldenchilde]

He's doing as well as can be expected.
Hearing that he died shocked him more than I thought it would.

[Yeah, no, that's... a pretty normal thing to get upset about, probably. Jin Ling had just underestimated his father's reaction, and he feels a bit bad for it.]

[sizhui]

Ah. I can see how that wouldn't have been easy to hear. But trying to hide it wouldn't have worked, either.

[goldenchilde]

Exactly.
Actually, I was kind of surprised. Death can happen to anybody at any time, right? There's no point in being shocked about your own.

[sizhui]

Jin Ling...

[goldenchilde]

Did I say something wrong?

[sizhui]

Not wrong, exactly, but if he's upset because he couldn't be there for you, it might be... something you will regret less later if you consider things a little less directly.

[goldenchilde]

[Oh. Hmm...]

I hadn't thought of it that way.

[Not something he likes to admit, but it's still better than outright agreeing that he did something wrong.]

[sizhui]

At least he probably would rather it never mentioned again, but yes - even though we'll all die one day, most people are at least a bit upset about their own death, for one reason or another.

Still... if that's the one not-fun thing, that's good, right?

[goldenchilde]

Right.

It's good.

[He's... just not sure how to talk about it all. He is very happy to have his father around - he's happy to have gotten a chance to see his father at all - but he also has no idea how to deal with it. Part of him wants to never leave his father's side, but that's exactly why he does.

He doesn't want to get too used to this.]

[sizhui]

You... know that you don't have to make the words bounce inside your mind only, yes? Finding family that you've never known as you know people know is - I mean, must be pretty...

Well. Messy.

[goldenchilde]

It's not! It's not messy at all.

We just
Don't know each other.

Not the good things. Not the bad things, either.

[sizhui]

That's fair. Maybe it's a good place to start? Learn more about each other. Not what other people have told you or haven't, but just - spend time around each other? Train together, that always helps...

[goldenchilde]

[Okay, but how do you just ask your dad to spend time with you? What if he doesn't want to?!]

Training together is a good idea.

[That's pretty neutral. Useful, even.]

[sizhui]

[ You just... do? And Sizhui's dad is Lan Wangji. But yes, starting with something less nominally awkward should be great. ]

Doesn't it? Do you think he's as good as you with the bow?

[goldenchilde]

[So you're saying having a conversation with Lan Wangji is easy? DOUBT!]

Nobody's as good with the bow as me.
Well... I guess if anyone's as good, it would be him.

[Good archery genes!(?!)]

[sizhui]

[ Well... Says the one arguing with the same person at every chance ... ]

Yes! I can't wait to hear what you think!

[goldenchilde]

[That's clearly not his fault!

Also: how is this suddenly a settled thing?! But... Jin Ling supposes he can live with that.]

I don't think he came here with a bow.
He won't be used to mine.

[It will be really weird if his dad turns out to suck at archery after all this talk, so this is his preemptive excuse.]

[sizhui]

[ Well, it's settled that Jin Ling will find out! But yes, training together probably will be a good thing. ]

You're right about that. Do you think someone here will be able to make a good bow by the New Year?

[ He means the Lunar one, of course. ]

[goldenchilde]

A new year's gift?

[That is a brilliant idea! Even though Jin Ling feels a little bad that he needed Sizhui to think of it for him.]

[sizhui]

[ He knows family, let him teach you, don't feel bad!!! ]

It's a little sooner than his birthday, right?

[goldenchilde]

[LISTEN he has... uncles... and like some annoying distant cousins and stuff... he totally knows family. Sorta kinda. ;_; ]

Right.

I'll get him a bow.

[sizhui]

[ ... point stands. He likes you a lot, Jin Ling, don't worry. He doesn't think you're lacking in any way. ]

Right! And you know if you need extra Chroma, we're here.

How about you? Are you missing something or needing something? Other than Fairy, of course.

[goldenchilde]

Thanks. We'll see how much it costs.

[Approximately a fuckton, since he'll want it with gold. Look, if he's going to do this, he wants to do it right!]

Missing? No.

Dad is getting us a dog for my birthday. A family dog.

[Which is not an answer to the question, but he's trying to get used to saying the "dad" thing, instead of something more formal that just seemed right when Jin Zixuan was, you know, dead.]