["If he's happy serving someone like me, than that's more than I deserve."
Lien has to resist the urge to roll her eyes as she runs a brush through Ai Thao's hair.
"Hopeless. I thought you two were suited to be Master and Servant, but it turns out you're too similar for this to work."
Ai cracks a smile.
"Not at all. I'm incredibly selfish. I kept what I knew about him to myself and then greedily took in the moments he says he'll stay loyal to me, no matter what."
"And you're happy, just with that? Are you sure it's not the..."
"I have trouble telling to be honest."
"That's no good."
"I know."
Ai Thao is looking more well rested and the sunlight casts a warm yellow glow in the room. Lien thinks that despite having an identical face, her sister has the air of a fairy; ethereal yet grounded at the same time.
"And even if it was, natural or not, what would I do? After what I saw, what good would it do for him?"
"So you'd be unhappy if he was unhappy?"
A long and quiet pause.
"Mm. I don't think it's any more complicated than that."
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Lien has to resist the urge to roll her eyes as she runs a brush through Ai Thao's hair.
"Hopeless. I thought you two were suited to be Master and Servant, but it turns out you're too similar for this to work."
Ai cracks a smile.
"Not at all. I'm incredibly selfish. I kept what I knew about him to myself and then greedily took in the moments he says he'll stay loyal to me, no matter what."
"And you're happy, just with that? Are you sure it's not the..."
"I have trouble telling to be honest."
"That's no good."
"I know."
Ai Thao is looking more well rested and the sunlight casts a warm yellow glow in the room. Lien thinks that despite having an identical face, her sister has the air of a fairy; ethereal yet grounded at the same time.
"And even if it was, natural or not, what would I do? After what I saw, what good would it do for him?"
"So you'd be unhappy if he was unhappy?"
A long and quiet pause.
"Mm. I don't think it's any more complicated than that."
Hopeless.]