[ Speaking at the same time as Jiang Cheng, although her voice is much softer this time, as though she really doesn't want Jiang Cheng to hear: ]
Was there any chance of clearing the name Wen? What could he have done to help? There was no reason to let him toss aside everything we'd done to— to—
[ There are regrets in her heart, for pulling Wei Wuxian away from his family, for further dragging him into the political turmoil that surrounded her clan after the war.
Living those few months with her brother, with Wei Wuxian and a-Yuan and the remnants of her family, had been more than they deserved. She had been content, almost happy, despite the hardship and the stress, but it couldn't have lasted, and walking away from the Burial Mounds had been her only option. ]
What else could any of us—
[ In the background, she hears Jiang Cheng's voice rising, and abruptly stops, half tempted to put down the crystal just to give them some privacy, although she doesn't.
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Was there any chance of clearing the name Wen? What could he have done to help? There was no reason to let him toss aside everything we'd done to— to—
[ There are regrets in her heart, for pulling Wei Wuxian away from his family, for further dragging him into the political turmoil that surrounded her clan after the war.
Living those few months with her brother, with Wei Wuxian and a-Yuan and the remnants of her family, had been more than they deserved. She had been content, almost happy, despite the hardship and the stress, but it couldn't have lasted, and walking away from the Burial Mounds had been her only option. ]
What else could any of us—
[ In the background, she hears Jiang Cheng's voice rising, and abruptly stops, half tempted to put down the crystal just to give them some privacy, although she doesn't.
Some of this is her doing, too. ]