[ Everything he's said this morning has been either indirect, or teasing. But he knows Chang Geng well enough to understand that his heart will set itself more at ease if he hears this explicitly without pretense or playing, so that he doesn't have to clutch those rings so tightly, like a child fearing that its playthings might be taken away. ]
I wish you'd allow me also to give to you, for safe keeping...
[ He reaches for Chang Geng's fist, pressed to his chest, and covers it with his own hands. He leans forwards also, letting his forehead rest against Chang Geng's ]
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I wish you'd allow me also to give to you, for safe keeping...
[ He reaches for Chang Geng's fist, pressed to his chest, and covers it with his own hands. He leans forwards also, letting his forehead rest against Chang Geng's ]
...all the years of my life.