lin jingheng (ur my dad)

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[At the word "lie", Lavi immediately flinches, one hand going up to his face, before he forces it down.]

I'm not. ['bad', he means. he attempts a laugh] I'm usually better. I've got a face made for lies.

[he hadn't meant to start, but now that he has... the words start to pile up a little faster, trapped on this wave of emotion that he thinks is absolutely the worst thing he's ever felt. and yet?]

I could use a poker face like yours. But it's easier to get people to like me when I'm wearin' a smile.

[awol]

You don't need one like this.

[ he does eventually pull his arm back, folding them against his chest. zhanlu is resting on his arm like he usually does. ]

It doesn't do anything useful except for work. Scares children and all that.

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[sweet zhanlu, for some reason i assigned small monkey to zhanlu, once again proving i can't read]

A lot of kids don't like my face either. Maybe it's cause they're so honest.

[and can sense Artifice,]

[awol]

[ zhanlu is just An Arm. incredible. ]

Maybe you scared yourself with it.

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[STOP I KNOW THAT NOW]




That's -- basically what happened, yeah...

[he looked at his own face in the house of mirrors and received the emotional overload of fear,]

[awol]

[ LAUGHS. me, not ljh. ]

Come on then. Walk with me.

Away from mirrors.

[ he'll take u to get one of those gross food things at the carnival. ]

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[Lavi will obediently follow, Jingheng's dad energy is really immense wow,]

Sorry for the trouble...

[he'll get a cotton candy that's almost painfully bright to look at,]

[awol]

[ it floweth despite his stoic demeanor. he stays close to lavi's elbow and kind of herds him to the treats where he can get his neon cotton candy. jingheng just squints at it. ]

Don't make yourself sick.

[ meanwhile, he has also been given (???) a cotton candy stick, but instead just kind of picks at it, pulling away some fluff and holding it up. ]

I don't understand this food.

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[There is something very funny about Jingheng holding a neon cotton candy,]

It's pretty interesting for a snack. You should try it if you like sweets.

[thinking about how cotton candy is after Lavi's time, but he's had the opportunity to try some earlier.

Mostly, he's just interested in seeing Jingheng's reaction to it.]

[awol]

I don't.

[ translation: i DONT LIKE ANYTHING EXCEPT NUTRITION SYRINGES

(gross)

anyways, he does squint at it and... after a moment takes a little bite from the top, eyes widening a bit because it does what cotton candy does and kind of dissolves in his mouth right into sugar. and then he makes the face of an offended two-year-old. lavi has privileges because he is so caught by surprise by the sudden sweetness. ]

Eugh—

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[lavi was grinning just at the sight jingheng with the cotton candy, and now he outright laughs -- the sound chasing the rest of his fears away. tmw this moment will be forever memorialized in his very long and accurate memory,]

Your face! [TEEHEE] Makes me wish I had a camera.

[so he could show bixing? PERHAPS,

Lavi will snag a cup of slightly warm water off the cart, ice cubes long since dissolved, and then hold it out for Jingheng.]

Here.

[awol]

That camera would be broken.

[ he would slap it out of his hands so fast. as he kind of. spits on the ground rudely because this is disgusting and way too sweet for his poor (abused) tongue that doesn't know how to eat properly anymore.

when the water comes, he glances at the cup and then carefully takes it. ]

... Still not used to eating all of this crap.

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[what if bixing was on the other end of the camera though...

lavi has no problem with the spitting! he thinks jingheng is valid!!!]

Same. I miss the food back home. [yearning... there's so much yearning...] I'm fine with burgers and fries, but there was way more variety -- and better made too.