[ Having his face covered meant he could pretend he didn't feel a damn thing as he saw that smile or heard the 'thanks', and he could nod his head once to acknowledge those words.
There wasn't anything he could say.
Xiao caught those last words like a knife to his chest, as if he were the one who'd been run through by that spear. Then the other's body shattered and his spear made a dull 'clunk' as it hit the ground where this other Aether had been, powdery snow falling around him as he simply allowed his mask to dissolve and fell to his knees. Being in Nippon had allowed him to be more in touch with his once closed off emotions, but in this case he wished he no longer could properly feel them.
Then he wouldn't have this aching pain in his chest, the weather around him completely irrelevant in this moment. ]
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There wasn't anything he could say.
Xiao caught those last words like a knife to his chest, as if he were the one who'd been run through by that spear. Then the other's body shattered and his spear made a dull 'clunk' as it hit the ground where this other Aether had been, powdery snow falling around him as he simply allowed his mask to dissolve and fell to his knees. Being in Nippon had allowed him to be more in touch with his once closed off emotions, but in this case he wished he no longer could properly feel them.
Then he wouldn't have this aching pain in his chest, the weather around him completely irrelevant in this moment. ]