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Sorry. Old habits die hard.

So it would seem.

Hmph, smashing things in your rage? Are you the child here?

I'll fetch some good wood and make a new one for you.

Or would you prefer to keep this one? I can ask Nian or Yi to fix it, when they're here...

No need.

Oh... I recall the days when I had freshly awoken, watching you two fight amongst yourselves, time after time.

I remember the Candleholder asking me anxiously...

'How bad will it get when all your younger siblings are born? Please, give me an estimation so that I can report to the court and get a disaster response plan set up!'

Ahem.

An idea, <i>Dage:</i> Let me speak to Wang, alone.

I will serve as your messenger this time, in order that you need not break anything else.

...Very well.

So, about the weiqi board...

Just leave it, brother. I'll repair it myself. No need to trouble yourself.

Alright.

You are still angry.

I'm not.

You only address him as 'brother' when you are angry.

What were you arguing about? Tell me.

It is just as I thought.

His way is the proper way, but it is slow. If It were to suddenly awaken one day, it would all be too late.

As for you... *sigh*

If you want to argue with him, should you not at least come up with a plan of your own?

He gave up his sword to prove our innocence, the sword that means so very much to him. Do you feel no gratitude?

Are you perhaps... seriously furious that he smashed your board?

No...

I'm just frustrated by his lack of urgency.

We all seek a way. Dusk has even fewer ideas. Does she anger you too?

...No.

Its awakening is accelerating. We are all anxious, and it is understandable that we might provoke the occasional quarrel with inadvertent words.

But it will take centuries for It to awaken. Maintaining a cordial relationship with Yan is the more pressing matter.

Or are you saying that I, too, lack urgency?

No... that's not what I mean.

You said we're all looking for a way.

What are <i>you</i> looking for?

Your ears have merit.

It and I, we are all nothing but a dream.

This is just the seed of an idea, and I know not how far I can go.

But I hope to leave behind a dream.

A dream that It cannot disturb, even if It has fully awakened.