Thread by @tragicsonglan

Thinking about LWJ, age 16, taken hostage in a war that's not even really a war yet, just a skirmish, a testing ground

Thinking about WWX and JC, also age 16, taking about how they'll take on the Wen and be heroes among men.

I just think LWJ thinks about this when he loses his core. WWX will still be able to be the hero he wants to be and LWJ will no longer be useful as a hostage.

This is half a step sideways from this thread

https://twitter.com/tragicsonglan/status/1365556993902186496

LWJ hurried to Lotus Pier as soon as he realized what Wen Chao had in store for Yunmeng Jiang. He's too late to warn them but not too late to be caught by the Wen soldiers hunting for the escaped heirs of the sect.

He does not know it, but Jiang Wanyin witnessed his capture, saw how he fought the soldiers and how Wei Ying was able to slip away. Yunmeng Jiang owe him their lives, and the boy who will be Sandu Shengshou won't forget it.

Here is the tricky part: Jiang Cheng knows that LWJ has been caught. He also knows what sort of lengths his shi-xiong might go to rescue LWJ. They need to get out of Yunmeng territory and quickly.