[it's not a face he should have had to face. not in his childhood, and not here, either. when chang geng does die - because all people die, in the end - she wants it to be after he's led a long, full life.
not a miserable death in a place like this.
she reaches up to put a hand on his cheek. her hand is still cold, but his cheek is warm.]
And you're not going anywhere. [...] Nowhere but home, once we're free of this.
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[it's not a face he should have had to face. not in his childhood, and not here, either. when chang geng does die - because all people die, in the end - she wants it to be after he's led a long, full life.
not a miserable death in a place like this.
she reaches up to put a hand on his cheek. her hand is still cold, but his cheek is warm.]
And you're not going anywhere. [...] Nowhere but home, once we're free of this.