[ Too much smile (form). Too little grit (substance).
Men who are learned enough to become crafty in the way of manners typically misuse this skill to pervert diplomacy. Of all those who practice gallantry of the word as efficiently as that of the spirit, Wangji only knows of his brother Xichen to do it in good faith. The rest are struck with temptation and weakness, with the courtly propensity to exaggerate their love of one thing, the drama of another.
All the same, and here Wangji rediscovers the decency to collect himself — the good doctor might simply be the exception of a slowly coalescing rule. Far from Wangji to determine a man's nature based off passing encounter. Not anymore. ]
Exorcised otherworldly disruptions.
[ A pleasant way to sum travels without purpose, hermitage without cause — only to rid, here and there, grateful villagers of troubles that might well have hardly deepened their sorrows enough to justify Wangji's brand of cleansing. He brought more bad luck than he extinguished, to many.
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Men who are learned enough to become crafty in the way of manners typically misuse this skill to pervert diplomacy. Of all those who practice gallantry of the word as efficiently as that of the spirit, Wangji only knows of his brother Xichen to do it in good faith. The rest are struck with temptation and weakness, with the courtly propensity to exaggerate their love of one thing, the drama of another.
All the same, and here Wangji rediscovers the decency to collect himself — the good doctor might simply be the exception of a slowly coalescing rule. Far from Wangji to determine a man's nature based off passing encounter. Not anymore. ]
Exorcised otherworldly disruptions.
[ A pleasant way to sum travels without purpose, hermitage without cause — only to rid, here and there, grateful villagers of troubles that might well have hardly deepened their sorrows enough to justify Wangji's brand of cleansing. He brought more bad luck than he extinguished, to many.
Some things are not meant to change. ]
Fewer agitated spirits here.