[Dan Heng returns the smile, but it's only for a fleeting second.]
Then all is well.
[It's definitely helped him that Blade does his best to be a little more careful about his compliments on Dan Heng's appearance. One day, he'll be more comfortable with this appearance and more confident in himself. In who he is as a person. That day has not yet come, but Dan Heng feels a little more hopeful about it.
He crosses his arms lightly as his partner talks about his plans for the demon. Dan Heng doesn't like it for what should hopefully be obvious reasons. Still, he does consider this.]
... I can't deny that there's an appeal to taking the fight to the demon rather than you waiting for the inevitable. Or for it to hurt someone before then.
[There's reluctance in his eyes, but also steely determination.]
If you're truly set on this as your course of action, then I must insist on being one of the people to drag you back out. However, you have to promise me two things.
[Dan Heng looks at Blade with almost a challenge in his gaze.]
The first is that you must survive until we can arrive. And the second... that you rest after we rescue you. No smithing until you get the clear from a doctor.
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Then all is well.
[It's definitely helped him that Blade does his best to be a little more careful about his compliments on Dan Heng's appearance. One day, he'll be more comfortable with this appearance and more confident in himself. In who he is as a person. That day has not yet come, but Dan Heng feels a little more hopeful about it.
He crosses his arms lightly as his partner talks about his plans for the demon. Dan Heng doesn't like it for what should hopefully be obvious reasons. Still, he does consider this.]
... I can't deny that there's an appeal to taking the fight to the demon rather than you waiting for the inevitable. Or for it to hurt someone before then.
[There's reluctance in his eyes, but also steely determination.]
If you're truly set on this as your course of action, then I must insist on being one of the people to drag you back out. However, you have to promise me two things.
[Dan Heng looks at Blade with almost a challenge in his gaze.]
The first is that you must survive until we can arrive. And the second... that you rest after we rescue you. No smithing until you get the clear from a doctor.