[ fourth wall continuations ]

[powerisyours]

Before captcha this time |D

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[powerisyours]

I had to do it on my own.

[crestsmile]

But you're not alone here.

[powerisyours]

There isn't any point if it's just going to happen over and over again.

[crestsmile]

Xiao Wu.

You're my pride and joy.

[powerisyours]

I just don't want to set myself up for disappointment. It's already happened too many times.

[crestsmile]

I know that. I've known you long enough to tell. But even if I'm not here anymore, the feelings that I have for you, the care that I have for you--

They'll never change.

[powerisyours]

I know. It's not that. I've tried. I have. It's just that every time I get close to someone, they leave.

[crestsmile]

I'm sorry to hear that.

[powerisyours]

After a while, I just stopped trying. Kept the ones I have, but didn't try for anything more.

[crestsmile]

You shouldn't stop trying, Xiao Wu. You don't know who you might miss if you do.

[powerisyours]

It's selfish of me, but for once, I just want someone to stay.

[crestsmile]

If it helps anything . . . I want to stay.

[powerisyours]

Unfortunately, you can't. Even I know that.

[crestsmile]

I know.

[ but he wishes things were different ]

[powerisyours]

It's enough that you've come now. And I suppose if I wanted to see your face, I could just as easily go find Guan Yu in the Silver Dimension.

[ and break about fifty of my own rules in the process, ignoring the fact the guy probably hates me ]

[crestsmile]

You wouldn't do that.

[powerisyours]

I wouldn't. And I doubt he'd want anything to do with me, anyway. He may have your face, but he's not you.

[crestsmile]

I don't know about that, but you're right about that last part.

[powerisyours]

I took someone important away from him. It wouldn't surprise me, as the ones who are here don't want anything to do with me, either.

[crestsmile]

What do you mean?

[powerisyours]

To which part?

[crestsmile]

All parts.

[powerisyours]

Some things happened after . . .

[ you died. ]

Xiu ended up in the Silver Dimension. He made friends there. At least, until I forced him to come back.

[crestsmile]

By the rules and laws, he's not allowed to stay there permanently.

[powerisyours]

He went behind my back to take Ding Xiao Yu and the others on a vacation. They injured his alternate there. They made the decision to leave him in his alternate's place while he was healing. It all went even more downhill after that. Lying, trying to pretend to be in places he wasn't, hiding from me, disobeying orders, all of that. There was a girl, too.