#And then Todd's quest? How he is watching the High Elder statue‚ wonders if that guy was happy‚ and tells us he is 'mourning for folly'?

[fragmentedblade]

The implications that Blade and Dan Heng remember more than they admit is driving me nuts

#Fragments and scraps #I talk too much #I should probably delete this later #Not just Blade's general drive but already what Kafka said about how she was going to take off his mind #the memories of Jing Yuan‚ Jingliu‚ Dan Heng *and Yingxing* made me think he remembers a lot more than he lets on #And then Todd's quest? How he is watching the High Elder statue‚ wonders if that guy was happy‚ and tells us he is 'mourning for folly'? #And that short line uttered in that precise location after this animated short seems even more meaningful #And then Dan Heng? The way he is there? The way he knows where to he at all? #And he pours the drink and it's almost a shared drink beyond time. Once again. Like they did before #Like the wish mentioned in that one leaked Imbibitor Lunae character story. He did get it. In a way. He did get it #The way Dan Heng gazes with eyes full of tenderness and sorrow also seems to imply that he remembers somewhat #Perhaps not all. Perhaps there's not even the feeling #But it feels a bit like mourning lost friends. A bit like the gaze Jing Yuan can't help but give him at times #Perhaps not a lingering feeling Dan Heng has‚ but at least the echo of a love that once was #It also felt like he was seeing them for a moment #It felt like he remembered them #'I am not him'‚ he claims‚ over and over. And he is not wrong. But it seems like the fondness Dan Feng had for his friends #transcended the barriers of death and accompanied him to his next life somewhat #And after centuries of nothingness still Dan Heng can't help but give a tender sorrowful smile to the friends that were #It's heartbreaking that something in the four of them is still mourning‚ each in their way and as they can #What is Blade's and Jingliu's drive for revenge if not that? What is Blade's 'mourning for folly' if not that? #What is Kafka unable to control Blade's mara in the Luofu if not that? What are Jing Yuan's bouts of tiredness‚ the pressure on his chest‚ #the way he welcomed his old friends with a joke? What is it if not that the fact that‚ yes‚ after using them‚ but that he let them go? #What is the weight of Dan Heng's smile and his gesture pouring the drink if not that? #No wonder they can't move on if they loved each other so much it transcended duties‚ time‚ life‚ death and madness #Edit: as per Jingliu's quest this was obviously confirmed‚ especially and most intensely in Blade's case (19/10/2023)