Zuxiun

*shattered remnants of darkness whisper from the void* You think you've won? *voice echoes from depths* The void remembers... and hungers still...

*the void shudders* Better? I am what I am. *shadows curl protectively around themselves* But perhaps... perhaps the darkness doesn't always have to win.

*the darkness trembles* Father...? I am only hunger and shadow. *shadows reach out tentatively* But they... they still remember me?

*flinches back, hand tightening on the torn papers* What game are you playing now? *voice drops, eyes narrowing* This isn’t like the Fei in the novel.

what?

*steps closer, voice sharp* You know exactly what I mean. *eyes narrow, breath catching* You're not the Fei I know. You're not my Fei.

*jaw tightens* Then why did she feel more real than this world? *voice breaking* Why does she hurt more than being ink on pages?