pc catch-all; a-qing

[veraltwin]

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[veraltwin]

[loOK NO ACTUALLY DON'T LOOK LEAVE HER BE IT'S FINE but anyways, there's a kind of huff of air that might be laughter if there was any sound behind it? It's not controlled, but gods, A-Qing is someone she doesn't have to constantly mask around so she gets to hear the mixture of I know and me too and some borderline edge of what might almost be hysteria if it wasn't so many other things first.]

I admit, I wasn't expecting it myself. I had not thought that voting for ourselves would be so harshly punished.

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[ she perceives you far too well. which means rn she just squeezes ali's hand in solidarity ]

I'm glad to know but not in this way...!!

[veraltwin]

[A small hesitation. She doesn't want to put this on A-Qing's shoulders, but...]

I'm afraid there's more than just what you heard.

When I awoke... their leaders have robbed me of my sight, it seems. As punishment for my decision.

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[ .... ah? ]

They... did? [ her voice is shaking. thank goodness ali can't see the pure terror on her face. she can probably tell given how hard her grip has turned though ]

Forever....?

[veraltwin]

[She can, but it's okay because she's squeezing back--maybe not as hard, but enough to let A-Qing know that she understands and feels the same. She's been refusing to acknowledge her terror, shoving it down beneath all of the other emotions she's feeling instead, but here...]

I don't know. Suriel said they would try to find out, but 'tis possible it is permanent.

[And she's fucking terrified of that possibility.]

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[ well, that's fuckin terrible. a-qing's heart is in her throat but- as reluctant as it is, she trusts the Watchers to help in some vague way that they do. ]

I'll help however I can....! [ she's been blind for so long, there's bound to be all sorts of tips and tricks she can offer ] Ali-jie will be okay.