#the image of him reaching a moral conundrum b2n the 2 of them

[venti-death-watch]

my worst au habit is that i always, without a doubt, put yanqing on the astral express. like the concept of him looking at jingliu & jing yuan’s teachings (pure strength & art of the sword versus strategy & why you wield) and deciding to take a third path is so appealing to me. it also is exactly what jing yuan wants him to do, so by him taking that third path he’s subtly telling jing yuan that he’s learned from jing yuan— ie, when there’s a stalemate on the board, bring in an outside option