[ There may very well be an argument over Meng Yao, with what Xichen is still attempting to do. Still trying to change his future, even after everything, even knowing it won't change his own past.
But not before he tells Mingue what he knows. As much as he'd wanted to avoid talking about it with the Wangji and Wei Wuxian from another timeline, in case the details didn't match up, as much as he'd delayed telling Meng Yao - they all know, now, and he cannot keep something like this from his friend.
Even if it makes Mingjue think differently of him. ]
I was wrong. I tried to keep the balance between us, but I failed. [ There's a brief hesitation as his mind wants to shy away from stating things bluntly, wants to soften it with you are both gone or I lost you both. But it is not something that he can soften by choice of words, and where it had been easy to state his mistakes, it is wrong to frame what he must relate in terms of how it affected him. ] At the time I was brought here, you were both dead.
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But not before he tells Mingue what he knows. As much as he'd wanted to avoid talking about it with the Wangji and Wei Wuxian from another timeline, in case the details didn't match up, as much as he'd delayed telling Meng Yao - they all know, now, and he cannot keep something like this from his friend.
Even if it makes Mingjue think differently of him. ]
I was wrong. I tried to keep the balance between us, but I failed. [ There's a brief hesitation as his mind wants to shy away from stating things bluntly, wants to soften it with you are both gone or I lost you both. But it is not something that he can soften by choice of words, and where it had been easy to state his mistakes, it is wrong to frame what he must relate in terms of how it affected him. ] At the time I was brought here, you were both dead.