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[ Wen Ning had scrolled upon Wei Wuxian's post entirely by accident since it's not often that he uses the network, finding most of the discussions there beyond him. He was rather surprised by the large response to the post, even more so to the lack of context the responders had and how it led to some rather fierce conversations with his master.

Though he had initially been ready to respond to each and do his best to clarify matters (he could not have people speaking so ill of Young Master Wei when they did not properly know him), the sheer number involved had convinced him that it might be better to make a post of his own. Even though he is nowhere near as good with words as Wei Wuxian.

At least the "voice-to-text" application on his device should make it easy for him to communicate without his usual hangups. It's guard dog time. ]

There is something that must be said.

Young Master Wei only wishes to help me have a fuller life here. To be able to share food and drinks with others. To be like others who received a second chance here.

He is none of the things people here have accused him of. He is a kind person. And I trust him fully.

As he said, I am well. Even though I am not the same as you.

I will not have anyone saying false things about him.

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I am sorry for your suffering. I also know people who conduct cruel experiments on others.

[ Including those currently in Lunatia. ]

Young Master is not like those people. He has never shown me ill will. He saved me. And my family.

I know I can trust him.

No one I currently have to worry about, I'm hoping?

[If there was anyone like that in Lunatia, Lio certainly wanted to know.]

They will likely not bother you. News spreads too quickly here. The devices.

[He didn't like that answer.]

You looking to protect the people you just admitted to me were cruel?

I am not looking to protect him. Only others. No one should seek him out.

I don't need protecting.

[Probably a good answer, though. Lio likely would seek this guy out, if he knew a single thing about the guy. He's the kind of person who wouldn't sit idly by, regardless of the danger to his own person.]

I'm assuming you haven't gone to the Moon Knights about him for a reason?

He has not given me reason. Here.

[ Also, Wen Ning might have some reservations about authorities, given that the only authority he knew had been instrumental in the murder of the remnants of his family and also that whole fierce corpse thing. He hardly has the right to report others. ]

[Lio also didn't trust the authorities, he just assumed most others did.]

Fine. If he does end up causing trouble, I only hope that it wasn't something that could have been prevented.

I know if that monster from my world, Kray Foresight, ever showed up here, I'd give him absolute hell.

I will not let him cause trouble. He only makes noise here.

Kray Foresight?

It's the name of the monster that experimented on my people, that tried to kill me and my partner, that nearly destroyed our world.

If I ever see his face again, and he isn't behind bars, he's a dead man.

[ What do you even say to a declaration like that? He's only experienced this degree of ferocity from Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling. ]

I am sorry. I hope he does not come here.

Don't be.

I'm only demonstrating that *I* have the conviction to face down the monsters from my world. Monsters from other worlds don't scare me.

He is a man. He is cruel and deceiving. Monsters. Are something different.

[ Especially in his land, where monster is quite literal. And he has even seen his share of them. ]

Men can be monsters, especially men responsible for murder and genocide. Kray is a man and a monster both.

Do you have other monsters in your land? Ours come from dead non-humans.

From my world?

Does it matter? It's an arbitrary distinction to make.

There were only humans, though we were divided between burnish and non-burnish - those who could wield fire and those who couldn't. I was burnish.

Your inner strength was greater?

I don't know what you mean by that.

In my land, only those who possess great inner strength can control energy. We cannot control fire though. Or other elements.

I see. That isn't how it works where I'm from. It was thought to be a mutation, for a long time, something you were born with.

Turns out our fire was actually aliens from another dimension who we were simply prone to synchronize with. They would channel their energy through us.

Doesn't have anything to do with inner strength, it was just random chance.

[ There are so many words that are lost to Wen Ning right now. Aliens? Another dimension? Mutation? Other lands are even stranger than he's heard thus far. ]

They did not choose you?

[ Which is vaguely how this sounds. If Wen Ning is understanding properly. He's not sure he is. ]

[Lio was still trying to process it, nearly a month after learning about his fire's true origins.]

Choose me?

I don't know, I don't think they chose me. Like I said, there was no rhyme or reason to who became burnish. I just resonated well with them. Maybe they knew I would understand them better than most humans, but

It's too late to ask now. They're gone.

Maybe there is something about you. That drew them. Something you cannot see.

Maybe. But the monster I talked about was burnish as well.

What does that say about me?

It is the same for my master and the man who tried to control me. They share the same skill. The same interest.

The difference is how they use their abilities.

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