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Hermione Granger
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[lanclan]

I've only felt my heart give itself to men in the past, but I don't have any misgivings against women. I could be happy with either.

Cloud Recesses is very secluded, our sect leaders in the past have not always followed conventional rules of conduct when it comes to appropriate behaviour. Our hearts are quiet but headstrong.

Thank you for your advice, it confirms what I originally thought: that I should simply get to know the person.

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You absolutely should, yes. If you're not particular for one or the other, then the very worst case scenario would be that you will have gained new friends.

[lanclan]

I am very good at making those, yes.

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Do you reckon I count as one?

[lanclan]

I hope so, otherwise I have offloaded my concerns to someone who did not wish to hear them.

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No, no, we're definitely friends. I don't summon birds for anyone, you know?

[lanclan]

I'm glad to hear it.

If you are not busy, may we talk awhile? I'd rather not be alone right now.

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We can keep talking.

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I can babble about something to keep you from being lonely - unless you had any more questions for me.

[lanclan]

Tell me how you've been. Please?

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Stressed, mostly. But also, I made a joke to your brother recently that he behaves like a parental figure and he seems pretty serious that he would adopt me if the paperwork were possible. Not that he's ever not pretty serious.

[lanclan]

Oh, no. I think I know why, at least in part. Wangji mistook something I said and believes I want a niece. I thought he would have let it go by now.

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Elaborate on that, please.

[lanclan]

I really can't, all I remember is that I said something offhandedly about children and he hooked onto it.

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So he doesn't have any parental feelings towards me, then, he just wants to please you.

[lanclan]

I'm sure he does! Perhaps it's a blend of the two?

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With a hefty side-serving of treating me like a child.

[lanclan]

Sizhui is still treated as a child, at times.

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He's a grown man! I'm a grown woman!

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But I don't mean to ramble about your brother's parenting style.

[lanclan]

In a sect hierarchy there are clear lines drawn between seniors and juniors. Sizhui will be a junior for a while yet, it has little to do with his age.

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Why? What makes one not a junior anymore?

[lanclan]

It is usually when a new generation takes over, although they can be comprised of all ages. Wangji, Wei Wuxian, Wanyin ... they are all of the same 'generation', technically. People distinguish themselves in different ways and grow up individually.

I am Wanyin's senior but also his equal, as sect leaders.

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I'm sorry, who was Wanyin again?

[lanclan]

Jiang Cheng, but I use his courtesy name as we are not that close, the way that he uses Zewu-Jun for me. I should call him Sandu Shengshou as that is his official title but it comes off rather cold, and he does not call me Lan Xichen as he feels that is very intimate, I suppose. I would not mind if he did.