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Okay, so Siani just had his disciple inflict identity death on it. Cool. Definitely better than letting it die as itself.The smile on Sister Xiong's face doesn't waver in the least. "Nothing intrusive or unwanted by my new friend, Kong Zhi," she states, reaching out and patting Songlu on the head. The pig preens and presses up against her palm, searching for more affection. "Songlu was a touch coarse and unrefined before, certainly. But it was nothing my anam could not fix."
...well. The implications of that statement are terrifying.
I assume that Siani took it off of someone who had to die for either knowing too much or being a potential obstacle to the Empire's ambitions.Sister Xiong nods along with your words. "Neither can I," she muses. "In truth, none of us know who created the Wandering Estate. Whoever it was must have been a savant with spatial charms. Use it well, lest I try to claim it for myself."
Since... yeah, the last few chapters have progressively moved away from "hijinks in a spooky mega-cave complex" to "hey, remember how they were talking about an Empire, and all that shit with Nokai?", which makes it a lot harder to dissociate from the fact that we're a xianxia CIA agent in training and the Delving Heart is an eager accomplice to an imperialist project.
EDIT: Yes, I'm aware this is very much a personal issue, and that I'm being extremely uncharitable in my reading of things right now.
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