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TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

There have been a lot of riftfarers arriving lately. It seems like there have been more arriving than usual. So many different kinds of people from different kinds of worlds with stories to tell and experiences to give.

A little game has appeared on the shellphone network in hopes of getting to know just a little more about these otherworlders. You might find it on your shellphone as you’re scrolling through one day.

Tell the world two truths and one lie about yourself. And let others try and decipher which of the three is your lie. If they can guess right, perhaps you’ve been able to make a new acquaintance. Or in the least learn more about someone from another walk of life.

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[yuezun]

Even if that is true, this venerable one does not see how anything we do here will intervene more than the rifts bringing them to this world already has.

[He shrugged, not caring. What did destiny matter to him, anyway?]

Some of the mortals brought here are vessels of the gods of their world. They are already mixing with immortality and do not hide this from their fellow mortals. What is difference between those who have been touched by their gods mixing with mortals and those who are as gods mixing with them?

[xiaolanhua]

[ It mattered to her! She hasn't spent her whole life fixing and tending to Destiny Books just to toss it away, even if the destiny belonged to a stranger she'd never met. ]

I don't know the difference, only that we are not supposed to interfere in the affairs of mortals. Shifu never talked about mortals that live beyond the Three Realms before. What if we do destroy their primordial spirit?

What if the rift isn't enough to prevent that?

[yuezun]

Any who pass across the River of Stars and into the Ruins of Ten Thousand Heavens cannot return to the Three Realms without a guide. It stands to reason that this includes their primordial spirits when they die. Perhaps even destiny cannot find souls once they pass through the River of Stars. If that is the case, then your Shifu may not have a way to know about those that live beyond the Three Realms.

[He answered, trying to use what logic he could to reassure her that it was not her Shifu's fault for not talking about such things. Even if he could not feel her emotions at the moment, she looked sad. Talking about her Shifu often came with tears even when she was happy. And he did not wish to give her reason to shed tears. Especially in his body.]

[xiaolanhua]

[ That answer is very logical and Orchid is silent thinking about it. On one hand, it's reassuring to believe that the mortals will be fine if she does something that interferes with their destiny. On the other, it's sad to think that if something happens to her here, then her Shifu won't know about it.

Had she been here alone, that sadness might have been overwhelming, but Daqiang is here with her. Even if he can be overprotective and the cause of so many fights and heartaches, he's also the one person she would have wanted most at her side this far from home. So it's very much a mixed feeling of relief and sadness. ]

Mm, I will hope that anything we do here will not affect their destinies and destroy their primordial spirit. When I do return home, I'll have so many stories to tell Shifu.

[ Think about that, Orchid, and not how long Shifu has been away or how much longer she'll be gone. ]

[yuezun]

[The way she said that made it sound like her Shifu had returned. Another thing about the future hinted at that he didn't want to be given reason to dwell on.]

Forget it.

[He said, putting a hand on the side of Orchid's head and pushing her lightly to distract her.]

Go back to playing the game. You were having fun, were you not?

[xiaolanhua]

[ If only they both knew the truth about Shifu.

Her eyes widen when Daqiang pushes her head, just like he has often done. Both arms come out to wrap around a single one of his and cling to it, pouting with his face. ]

Only if you go back to playing! Daqiang should also have fun.

[yuezun]

Fine.

[He said after a moment and a soft sigh. If that was the only way to get her to back to a place where she was feeling happy and smiling again, distracted from her thoughts, then he would do it. Her health was linked to her happiness. And even if he couldn't feel it... he wanted to know she was happy.]

[xiaolanhua]

[ She beams at him over his agreement, which is always strange when she's wearing his face to make these expressions. It's not as if Daqiang can feel her emotions right now (he can't, can he?! she will not panic over this thought), and there's no Destiny Book for her to fix. So he's doing this just to make her happy, right? ]

[yuezun]

[With a half-hearted glare, he very pointedly holds up his shellphone and then jerks his chin at hers as if the say 'get on with it'.

He was absolutely doing it to make her happy]