[ oh no. oh no, did he cause that. xie lian's not sure whether to laugh or cry, considering he's gotten himself into this situation and also now apparently given this cultivator an existential crisis???? he's forgotten what it's like to be freaked out by most things nowadays...
lifting his hands and trying to be comforting, he goes for a warm, inviting, kind tone. ] Ah--no, no, no, you certainly aren't! There's no way you could be. If we're both here...well, I, sort of, can't die? Not really? It's a bit complicated, but I was cursed once upon a time, and I've tested it more times than I can count.
[ not that he can remember who cursed him. that's weird. also by "testing" here we mean "gotten stabbed in many situations that should've ended in his death" ] By that logic, then, you simply have to be as alive as I am. See?
that's the actual plot of mdzs: jc suffers
lifting his hands and trying to be comforting, he goes for a warm, inviting, kind tone. ] Ah--no, no, no, you certainly aren't! There's no way you could be. If we're both here...well, I, sort of, can't die? Not really? It's a bit complicated, but I was cursed once upon a time, and I've tested it more times than I can count.
[ not that he can remember who cursed him. that's weird. also by "testing" here we mean "gotten stabbed in many situations that should've ended in his death" ] By that logic, then, you simply have to be as alive as I am. See?
[ XIE LIAN, NOT HELPING. ]