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General Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Video Game)

Gen | for ignisring | 100 words | 2025-07-01 | Rosieblade Chronicles 2025 | AO3

Shin | Jin & Yuugo Eru Superbia | Hugo Ardanach

Shin | Jin, Yuugo Eru Superbia | Hugo Ardanach

Torna: The Golden Country DLC, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Drabble, Rosieblade Chronicles 2025

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"Jin, I happen to wonder...what would you do if the Emperor of Mor Ardain were not a dignitary so dearly attached to his fine calfskin gloves?"

"No one ever wants to shake Blades' hands. I'm not worried about it."

"Well." Hugo takes pause at that; considers whether he ever has done so, wanted to or needed to. And what of Aegaeon?

"I would. If I would, that is. You understand."

"I'm sure you would," replies Jin evenly. It's much more fascinating to contemplate the neuroses that Hugo clearly hides so well. One so young in such a pressured position...