[He should have known something like that would be spat back to him, but it still catches him very off-guard. To the point of stumbling back and barely missing a demon's swipe.
His mouth opens and closes, at a surprising lack for words. An achievement, really, getting him to shut up like that.]
I--
[Nothing. He can say nothing to that in denying it, not even the truth about why he did it. He only pushed the sect, and Jiang Cheng, away to protect them from having to protect him against his actions. He took it all on himself because he cared too much.
But then it boils over at the other remark, everything he's been holding back, just spilling out and unable to be stopped.]
So what if I did? Did he or you deserve to have a target on your backs when you were still recovering from losing almost everything? Even if that was my fault in the first place, do you think it was worth protecting me when Yunmeng wasn't as strong as it used to be?! Do you think you could protect me and Yunmeng at the same time if everyone turned on you for it?
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His mouth opens and closes, at a surprising lack for words. An achievement, really, getting him to shut up like that.]
I--
[Nothing. He can say nothing to that in denying it, not even the truth about why he did it. He only pushed the sect, and Jiang Cheng, away to protect them from having to protect him against his actions. He took it all on himself because he cared too much.
But then it boils over at the other remark, everything he's been holding back, just spilling out and unable to be stopped.]
So what if I did? Did he or you deserve to have a target on your backs when you were still recovering from losing almost everything? Even if that was my fault in the first place, do you think it was worth protecting me when Yunmeng wasn't as strong as it used to be?! Do you think you could protect me and Yunmeng at the same time if everyone turned on you for it?