[ While Shoko is no stranger to the ephemeral nature of life, it seems... cruel, that Yingying would be fading away into obscurity after their time here together, after knowing all of the feelings and experiences and sensations of life once more.
Somehow, it's something she could have easily accepted were Yingying a fellow sorcerer, or any other spirit that she's seen over her life. It's simply a part of the cycle, for lives to come and go. But Yingying... Yingying, whom she met under the veil of her wisteria and who's made so many of them smile, who's eased a sleepless night for Shoko and likes fried food and festivals... she has something selfless she wants to do, at the cost of her own life. Contrasted with her own self, who doesn't quite know what she would use a wish for, would probably even use it for something as mundane as unlimited paid time off, or perhaps safe-keep it for the next sorcerous disaster...
She's not really like a nature spirit at all. She's... Yingying. Shoko takes a long sip of her own drink, her gaze contemplative as she responds. Her tone is as level as ever, but it's tinged with sympathy, a softness that's usually reserved for patients, for students who need the kind of support she and her friends never received when they were themselves students. ]
It's not so easy to let go of everything you've come to know again after so long. It's only been a few weeks compared to the hundreds of years you've experienced, but they've shined brightly. It's a difficult spot to be in, Yingying.
[ . . . ]
Would you want my wish, then? Like I said, I don't have anything in particular I would want to do with it. If I could use it to wish for your good health, for you to actually get to live as Yingying, then as a doctor - that would suit me well.
[ And as Shoko, she would be content, knowing someone might get to live freely. ]
weeps over yingying
Somehow, it's something she could have easily accepted were Yingying a fellow sorcerer, or any other spirit that she's seen over her life. It's simply a part of the cycle, for lives to come and go. But Yingying... Yingying, whom she met under the veil of her wisteria and who's made so many of them smile, who's eased a sleepless night for Shoko and likes fried food and festivals... she has something selfless she wants to do, at the cost of her own life. Contrasted with her own self, who doesn't quite know what she would use a wish for, would probably even use it for something as mundane as unlimited paid time off, or perhaps safe-keep it for the next sorcerous disaster...
She's not really like a nature spirit at all. She's... Yingying. Shoko takes a long sip of her own drink, her gaze contemplative as she responds. Her tone is as level as ever, but it's tinged with sympathy, a softness that's usually reserved for patients, for students who need the kind of support she and her friends never received when they were themselves students. ]
It's not so easy to let go of everything you've come to know again after so long. It's only been a few weeks compared to the hundreds of years you've experienced, but they've shined brightly. It's a difficult spot to be in, Yingying.
[ . . . ]
Would you want my wish, then? Like I said, I don't have anything in particular I would want to do with it. If I could use it to wish for your good health, for you to actually get to live as Yingying, then as a doctor - that would suit me well.
[ And as Shoko, she would be content, knowing someone might get to live freely. ]