On the surface, it sounds utterly absurd that anyone would tell the Yiling Patriarch that it's okay to be himself. When has he ever been anything less? He laughs, a little, resting his head against the cloud of Ingress's blue hair as he blinks back more tears.
"No," he tries to explain. He's far too drunk by now to be anything but honest. "No, I can't, because if I stopped being fine, I would never be fine again. It wouldn't just be a bad day. I have a long afterlife ahead of me and I won't spend it being useless. I can't."
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Date: 2020-10-04 07:42 pm (UTC)"No," he tries to explain. He's far too drunk by now to be anything but honest. "No, I can't, because if I stopped being fine, I would never be fine again. It wouldn't just be a bad day. I have a long afterlife ahead of me and I won't spend it being useless. I can't."