[ It's horrible to watch. Horrible to hear, even as the sight mercifully fades away, leaving her still shivering and slightly ill. Torture is a simple reality in Vasilios — for questioning prisoners, for punishing particularly heinous crimes. On the whims of the crown. It's not as though she doesn't know full well how Eros had intended to circumvent her healing to kill her. But it's still...
Her heart aches for Lan Wangji. How painful must it have been, to reach for the person he so clearly cared for and have Wei Wuxian slip right through his fingers? It aches for Wei Wuxian, too. The pain he felt at not being understood, even as he refused to really hear those words. How could he not see that for what it was? She wraps her arms more tightly around herself, waiting for the worst of the sensation of shock to ebb a little. ]
cw: torture
Her heart aches for Lan Wangji. How painful must it have been, to reach for the person he so clearly cared for and have Wei Wuxian slip right through his fingers? It aches for Wei Wuxian, too. The pain he felt at not being understood, even as he refused to really hear those words. How could he not see that for what it was? She wraps her arms more tightly around herself, waiting for the worst of the sensation of shock to ebb a little. ]