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[dragonrising]

[It's been quite awhile since Runyu last made a post of his own on here. But he's feeling the mood for it. So he turns on the video and offers a smile to the network as a whole before he starts speaking. His dragon features are on full display.]

You know, when I arrived here I had committed a great many evil deeds. I looked on this place as a sort of new location to finish out my years of isolation for all that I'd done. Yet as I've been here I've found friendship, love, and, most of all, healing. Though my crimes are still many and cruel, I've found that I can atone for what I have done here.

[He laughs softly and shakes his head.]

Yesterday I was blessed to witness two people I love so very much get married to each other. Something I never would have been able to be part of before through entirely the fault of my own. I'm grateful, to say the very least.

[The dragon lowers his head a moment with a soft smile.]

Forgive me, I'm rambling. Thousands of years of life will make you ponder a great many things, I suppose.

[Runyu lifts his head again.]

I wondered if anyone has found healing here as well. A chance to grow to be someone better than they were and to heal from the shadows of the past. I'd like to hear your stories if you are willing to share them. Thank you.

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[watergrape]

She's still little, so I will be there soon! [And then she can help her grow where she is meant to stay. Jin Mi hugs the pot to her chest and makes the journey, her little wings fluttering. She enters the manor and goes to Runyu's rooms, knocking on the door.]

Don't worry, he'll love you. [The little plant needs encouragement!]

[dragonrising]

[Coming out, he offers both of them a smile. Jinmi truly is glowing after her marriage and he's glad to see she's finally able to feel romantic love. But then he looks to the flower and gently touches the petals.]

Is this her? She's beautiful...

[watergrape]

[She can't remember being happier and it shows! To celebrate her wedding, she is wearing white robes accented with scarlet under-robes. For her Phoenix. The little flower in her arms, however, is all white.]

She can be up to eight inches across when she blooms, which is in the moonlight.

[dragonrising]

In the moonlight. That's appropriate.

[He smiles more at the little plant then steps out into the gardens so he can look around.]

In that case she should have a spot where she can see the moon each night it shines...

[watergrape]

I thought so! [She brightens and follows him, pointing out a trellis on the outer wall of a gazebo.] What about there? She could climb up!

[dragonrising]

Yes. I was just thinking she'd be happy there. We'd have a very good view of her from our rooms too. [He steps back so that way his new sister-in-law can get the lovely flower into her new home.]

[watergrape]

You won't miss her! [Jin Mi promises, setting the pot down and beginning the work of magically shifting the bloom to her new home. She encourages the blooms to multiply, climbing up the trellis.]

I wanted to thank you for marrying Phoenix and I.

[dragonrising]

[He watches the beautiful flower climb up the post then blinks when she speaks again. His gaze lowers.]

I know that you don't remember it yet but I hurt you both so much. Pain neither of you ever deserved. If I could be there to finally be able to help you both find happiness in each other then that is all I could ever ask for.

[watergrape]

[Even half-open, the blooms are like moonlight. Jin Mi had wanted something dramatic and beautiful for him; something that shows his importance to her, to Phoenix, while also displaying love for the moon. And love for him.]

Whatever happens in the future, I know it will work out. I'm sure you're not the only one who makes mistakes. I still have no idea what I'm doing, but I know I love Phoenix. I want to be good to him.

[dragonrising]

You will be. Just because your love for him is true no matter what lifetime you are in.

[He's seen that for himself, after all.]

[watergrape]

I never considered marrying anyone, but it feels right with him.

[She's still not sure if he is gonna make her lay eggs or not.]

If you get married, we will be there.

[dragonrising]

I haven't even thought about it with my loves. I'm not sure if they would want that and that's alright. As long as I have them in my life then I'm content.

[watergrape]

You don't need marriage to be happy. But it is a nice way to say "I love this person".

[dragonrising]

It is. It's something I wanted so desperately once. Now I've found that I can be happy as long as they will always stay with me. I suppose I could ask if they would marry me. They do both carry my scales.

[watergrape]

Then aren't you already married? [Just without the ceremony!] Does that mean I'm married since Phoenix gave me his feather?

[...shock.]

[dragonrising]

No. That's not how that works.

[He would know.] Don't think on it too hard, Mi'er. Just enjoy your marriage to him.

[watergrape]

Oh, okay. [She touches the hairpin regardless.] I'll always have time for Brother Fish Fairy.

[dragonrising]

[He smiles gently at her.]

He treasures you. Know that. That's why you have that feather.