"Was it now?" he had a small smile, almost teasing.
Okay, he was feeling slightly better now. His anxiety had definitely begun to go down when he spoke. This may be workable, at least. The Nie Mingjue of that time was reasonable before he broke his trust. This was the Nie Mingjue he used to admire, the brilliant tactician he loved to serve under. The person he was long before he called him an irredeemable son of a whore, and kicked him down Jinlintai.
"I was 17 when you did, which, thank you by the way. I am 36 now. As far as I can tell, it means that people can show up here from different points in their lives. You were much older than me from your standpoint. I hope that makes sense to you. I'm still learning all this myself. This is really only my third week here."
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Okay, he was feeling slightly better now. His anxiety had definitely begun to go down when he spoke. This may be workable, at least. The Nie Mingjue of that time was reasonable before he broke his trust. This was the Nie Mingjue he used to admire, the brilliant tactician he loved to serve under. The person he was long before he called him an irredeemable son of a whore, and kicked him down Jinlintai.
"I was 17 when you did, which, thank you by the way. I am 36 now. As far as I can tell, it means that people can show up here from different points in their lives. You were much older than me from your standpoint. I hope that makes sense to you. I'm still learning all this myself. This is really only my third week here."