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[enthunder]

[ OOC: Use this post for threads that're too small for the comms, for little incidents or for handwaves and discussions on how interactions would go without actually RPing through them! Also for when I time out on backtags I'm so sorry. ]

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[radishlobbyist]

"We did," Wen Qing agreed and then paused, a little surprised by how firm she had sounded. She gave a small, bitter laugh. "Funny... I never used to think much about what I deserve to have, or what life owes me. There really wasn't any time to get fussy about such things."

For too long, life had been all about survival of one sort or another. First at a hostile court, then the simpler battle for survival consisting of empty bellies and cold nights.

"But it's always been with A-Ning at my side. It's always been for him." She accepted one of the glasses from Light's hand, letting her fingers linger on hers for a while before withdrawing with the glass. She poured them both a drink from the bottle she had claimed for herself and put it down between them. "I knew there's a chance we wouldn't have long together, and I'm grateful, too, it's just..." She gulped the liquor down. It burned hot down her throat, warming her after she had felt cold for too long, just like having Light at her side did. "I don't know. I don't know what I was thinking."

[enthunder]

Light listened silently, nursing her own drink and the slight, residual warmth of Wen Qing's hand against hers. The doctor's life had been a series of battles of an entirely different nature to hers, she knew, but their feelings for their siblings were, at least, something universal.

"You thought you'd never get to see him again... and then there he was. After one miracle, why not hope for another? Maybe..." she trailed off, took a sip of the liquor. Let the taste and warmth of it settle against her tongue. "At least now he knows you're safe here. Even if you can't see him, you're connected."

[radishlobbyist]

"Maybe," she agreed, though right now it was hard to believe there could be another miracle. "Even being reunited once already feels like far more than I deserve. But if I get another miracle I'll be grateful."

And it was true, she did know that he was out there, that he was happy and healthy. She had been able to see it for herself.

"It just... hurts anyway." She leaned against Lightning, her head resting against her shoulder. "And you haven't had your sister back at all. I'm being terribly selfish here."