perhaps. in some cases, a peaceful life - one without war, or murderous relatives, or anything in between - would be preferable. jiuqing had lived a life of blissful ignorance for many years, up until her time had run out. for the first part of her life, she'd been happy. and when she was miserable, she never lost hope that things would get better.
it had taken waner stealing her life from her, and confessing to her and her aunt's involvement in her mother's murder, for her to find the resolve to make things better, herself.
she's suffered. estinien has, too. but she finds herself nodding along with him.
as i am now, the thought is unthinkable.
jiuqing prefers the person she is now over the person she was in her first life.
and she likes estinien just as he is, despite the fact that it's his hardships and sorrows that have tempered him into the person he is today.]
Perhaps... this is strange to hear from me. [given, uh, the fact that she literally woke up in the past and changed her life.] But... the things that you've experienced have made you who you are, and there really isn't any changing that. The only things that can be changed are the things you haven't experienced, yet. Your future.
I think... as long as you keep working toward a better future, there's always hope that someday, there will be future generations who don't have to experience the difficult things that have made us who we are. They'll be able to be themselves in peace, without the possibility of that peace being stolen from them. That's something worth working towards.
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perhaps. in some cases, a peaceful life - one without war, or murderous relatives, or anything in between - would be preferable. jiuqing had lived a life of blissful ignorance for many years, up until her time had run out. for the first part of her life, she'd been happy. and when she was miserable, she never lost hope that things would get better.
it had taken waner stealing her life from her, and confessing to her and her aunt's involvement in her mother's murder, for her to find the resolve to make things better, herself.
she's suffered. estinien has, too. but she finds herself nodding along with him.
as i am now, the thought is unthinkable.
jiuqing prefers the person she is now over the person she was in her first life.
and she likes estinien just as he is, despite the fact that it's his hardships and sorrows that have tempered him into the person he is today.]
Perhaps... this is strange to hear from me. [given, uh, the fact that she literally woke up in the past and changed her life.] But... the things that you've experienced have made you who you are, and there really isn't any changing that. The only things that can be changed are the things you haven't experienced, yet. Your future.
I think... as long as you keep working toward a better future, there's always hope that someday, there will be future generations who don't have to experience the difficult things that have made us who we are. They'll be able to be themselves in peace, without the possibility of that peace being stolen from them. That's something worth working towards.