[People can leave...? Jin Ling thinks about asking aloud, but he closes his mouth and lets the words die in his throat.
He resents whatever brought him here, but while he's here, he's going to make the most of it. In a way, these are his last days of freedom before he becomes the Jin Sect Leader. He knows that his uncle also was forced to take on such duties when he was barely older than this as well, and during a war, at that. And the Jin Ling of barely two months ago wished he could accomplish something great and become notable, and people will depend on him--
But he has a chance to be almost entirely unknown until he goes, save a few relatives. Why would he turn away from that?]
Then it's no big deal. It'll be like nothing's changed when we go back, at least.
[Is he going to do some things that Uncle wouldn't approve of? Well, he's not that far ahead yet to know of any specifics.]
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He resents whatever brought him here, but while he's here, he's going to make the most of it. In a way, these are his last days of freedom before he becomes the Jin Sect Leader. He knows that his uncle also was forced to take on such duties when he was barely older than this as well, and during a war, at that. And the Jin Ling of barely two months ago wished he could accomplish something great and become notable, and people will depend on him--
But he has a chance to be almost entirely unknown until he goes, save a few relatives. Why would he turn away from that?]
Then it's no big deal. It'll be like nothing's changed when we go back, at least.
[Is he going to do some things that Uncle wouldn't approve of? Well, he's not that far ahead yet to know of any specifics.]
This is just a detour.