[ seth's touch is light, but heavy with implication and intent. feng xin doesn't look away, but there is a grimmer set to the flat line of his lips. behind him, judgmental john hackles them on in encouragement. ]
...It counts when at least one of the involved finds release.
[ he's been there long enough to get a sense of how it goes. seth may be resigned to playing no matter what, but feng xin still stubbornly tries to feed him the rules just in case any of those loopholes may matter, in the end.
truthfully, he's a little envious. no, maybe that's not the right term here... ashamed, for sure, that this man's dogged determination to protect his son so clearly highlights feng xin's own shortcomings. should not he, too, be willing to do whatever it took, to ensure cuo cuo's safety? yet here he is, harping on about keeping one's sanity and control and consent.
one thing is for sure — seth is a far better father than he could ever hope to be. ]
I'm a ten of spades, [ he supplies a moment later, resigned in his own way. it's ultimately unnecessary, as seth's watch will log it down for him afterwards, but he's made a habit of keeping to that formality... as if to assure to whomever is his partner at the time that they'll no longer have to seek out another ten of spades for this abhorrent game if they don't want to.
it's funny, really. for someone who is so insistent on trying to make each moment feel like it's on purpose, he remains so methodically clinical at the beginning of it. ]
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...It counts when at least one of the involved finds release.
[ he's been there long enough to get a sense of how it goes. seth may be resigned to playing no matter what, but feng xin still stubbornly tries to feed him the rules just in case any of those loopholes may matter, in the end.
truthfully, he's a little envious. no, maybe that's not the right term here... ashamed, for sure, that this man's dogged determination to protect his son so clearly highlights feng xin's own shortcomings. should not he, too, be willing to do whatever it took, to ensure cuo cuo's safety? yet here he is, harping on about keeping one's sanity and control and consent.
one thing is for sure — seth is a far better father than he could ever hope to be. ]
I'm a ten of spades, [ he supplies a moment later, resigned in his own way. it's ultimately unnecessary, as seth's watch will log it down for him afterwards, but he's made a habit of keeping to that formality... as if to assure to whomever is his partner at the time that they'll no longer have to seek out another ten of spades for this abhorrent game if they don't want to.
it's funny, really. for someone who is so insistent on trying to make each moment feel like it's on purpose, he remains so methodically clinical at the beginning of it. ]
You can still refuse, you know.