Focus on: the Envoy healing Wu Tian'en (episode 5)

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Location of scene: episode 5, 30:47 - 33:05 (with a tiny bonus at 34:24 - 34:52)

This is a pretty short scene, so I'll recap it in detail.

( Scene recap )

( Bonus scene )

( Thoughts )

Questions

• Why didn't the SID get medical attention for Wu Tian'en? It's not like he was shot with some dark energy weapon; the Huang/Li duo didn't even seem to know about Dixingren. Lin Jing is not a medic by any stretch! (I know, I know, narrative convenience, but in-story, any ideas?)


• Why does the Sundial fail to activate at first? Did Zhao Yunlan not mean it enough, or is it just playing coy?


• Shen Wei appears at the SID literally five seconds after the Sundial activates. Two questions in relation to that: a) Can he sense the Hallows activating, or does he have a tracker on Zhao Yunlan? and b) Was it just lucky timing that he could appear on the spot (and wasn't, say, in the middle of a lecture) or does he use time-bending abilities for that? We do see him freeze time when he first appears on the rooftop in episode 1, after all.


• What's going through Zhao Yunlan's head when Xiao-Guo asks to be allowed to use the Sundial? What does he think the Sundial will do to him?


• When Zhao Yunlan says, "If we just let him die, what's the difference between us and the dead?", what exactly does he mean?


• It's no surprise that Xiao-Guo speaks up in front of the Envoy; even the first time they met, when Xiao-Guo was a hell of a lot more scared, he still didn't keep quiet when he felt something was wrong. But why do you think that out of all the others, it's Lin Jing who also speaks up out loud?


• What must Chu Shuzhi be thinking, seeing this evidence of changed SID attitudes? What is he thinking, seeing Xiao-Guo and Zhao Yunlan both willing to sacrifice for a random Dixingren?


• What would Shen Wei have done if they hadn't begged him to save Wu Tian'en? My own take is that he wouldn't have saved him in front of them; he'd have done it behind the SID's back, like all his more merciful acts in the early episodes.


• What do you think happened during the part of this scene we didn't see? Has anyone ever written a fic that features it?

So, come and have your say! Share links to meta, picspams, and related fanworks, new or old! Self-recs are wholeheartedly encouraged. Basically, this is the place for anything you want to say or link to about this scene.