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Raafi awakes to some curious forest creature snuffling at his ear, where he's curled up beneath a tree; he startles, teleporting away, and only when he goes back for his bedroll and finds it missing does he remember that he'd gone to sleep in a farmer's hayloft the night before, and not a forest at all.
Raafi in MDZS
where-the-chaos-is
"I do not know. The circumstances surrounding Jin Zixuan's death remain opaque to me. But I do know that Jiang Yanli's death is not on his hands as many claim; she died on a sword aimed at Wei Wuxian after throwing herself between them, not at his hand. But even if he was some amount corrupted by the end, he was still a better person than the hypocrites who cried out for his blood."
where my feet lead me
"He sounds it. And if it is - that is something my magic can do something about, if he's well enough to want me to."
where-the-chaos-is
"He will be better than if we did not resurrect Jiang Yanli first, I am certain."
where my feet lead me
"Mmhmm. I'll see if I can catch your brother later to make sure we're still planning on doing that tomorrow - does he know about what happened?"
where-the-chaos-is
"The facts of the matter are public knowledge. Most would frame them differently."
where my feet lead me
He nods. "I'd like someone involved with planning her resurrection who knows the situation and won't be surprised when she starts telling people they're wrong, is why I ask - I wouldn't know if it would be better to wait and talk to some people about it first, or something."
where-the-chaos-is
"Brother would not be surprised. I do not know if Jin Guangyao would be surprised but I would not be surprised if he wasn't."
where my feet lead me
"And I don't know enough about the political situation to know what to ask. I do think he deserves to come back in a situation where he won't be demonized, if we can manage it - are there any other misconceptions about him?"
where my feet lead me
"Unfortunate. Does he have any other allies? Alive, or ones I might resurrect?"
where-the-chaos-is
"Wen Ning, one of the survivors--for a time--and the only known example of sapient undead. Wen Qing, one of the survivors and his sister. The rest of the survivors are less specifically notable to the public but they ceased to survive shortly after Wei Wuxian did. Jiang Fengmian could conceivably be helpful, but might also be politically complicated; a Sect Leader has never come back from the dead before."
where my feet lead me
"If it'd be obvious quickly enough whether he'd be likely to help, I can cast a divination to check, but my best one looks a week into the future. How hard will it be to get the others' remains, do you know?"
where-the-chaos-is
"Wen Ning and Wen Qing were burned to prevent Wei Wuxian from bringing them back; they predeceased him."
where my feet lead me
"All right. I can work from ashes if we can get them, but I'm not sure that's a good idea anyway. We'll have to see how the first few resurrections go."
"Is there anything else you want me to know? About him, or anything else?"
where-the-chaos-is
"Jin Zixuan's father, and the person responsible for what Wei Wuxian was rescuing the Wen civilians from."
where my feet lead me
"Mm. I'll be careful. Mostly physically dangerous, or should I be watching out for something more subtle? I do best when I know what I'm facing, since I have to prepare my magic ahead of time."
where-the-chaos-is
"Politically dangerous. Perhaps physically as well, since you are not a cultivator."
where my feet lead me
"-tricky, but I can probably work with that. All right. - I am pretty good in a fight when I'm prepared, and the teleportation makes it hard to force me into one, don't worry too much about that."