When Ren brought me along to the Emperor's audience chambers, we found Dax already talking with Hangzhi in hushed tones. The pair of them waited outside the Emperor's personal door for us, ignoring the chaotic, loud conversations ensuing behind the door.
"Ah, Empress, Queen," Hangzhi's face softened in relief at the sight of us.
I had a nagging feeling that, in this year, he had grown somewhat dependent on the person squeezing my hand.
I couldn't blame him, memory or no memory, my Master was simply amazing. It was more than guilt that led me to pass my powers onto him. Only he gave me the comfort that he would be responsible, more so than me.
"Hangzhi, why are you still hiding out here?" Though she smirked playfully, her eyes shifted to the door filled with slight disdain.
The Emperor cleared his throat, "just getting to know our Queen's companion." Both of their eyes drifted to Dax.
War and politics is not my strong point... I've done independent research on ancient china, but it's not enough. So, I'll undoubtedly slip up, mainly in the character's dialogue.
Feel free to educate me, please.
Lore Dump:
I hope you can see how having her original self has severely affected Luna's personality, thought patterns, actions, etc.
As well as Ren's change due to losing his.
(This all stems from my personal beliefs on what makes a person a person and reincarnation. Yes, our memories affect who we are, but at our core, even without our memories, we're still the same.)
It's no lie when I say each natural immortal (ones who were not 'gifted' like Luna did to Ren) has a very traumatic and turbulent past.
This is the reason why the majority of them are emotionally unstable with questioning morality.
Although I want you lovely readers to resonate with my beloved characters, especially Luna, they aren't quite 'human'.
Their psyche is immensely complicated and leads to there being a barrier between the common sense we have and theirs.
Gosh, I'll stop now, because I could easily rant for hours about my babies.