The expedition captain was *shot*=> I am certain that he was the Dixingian Zhao Xinci shot, killing ZYL's mom via collateral damage.
Since the Envoy was on the expedition captain's trail, I think he learned a) that Zhao Xinci killed him, cutting the captain off as a source of info, and b) that Zhao Xinci chose the "need" to kill a Dixingian *over his own family*. That's one HELL of a lot of bigotry, and definitely explains how he might avoid the SID as much as possible thereafter.
When does someone say the expedition was 20 years ago? I thought it was more like 30.
ETA: Zhao Yunlan hops onto the table like a civilized person who was in no way raised by cats.
I don't care what backstory they give for Daqing later, I am firmly of the belief that Daqing met and lived with bb!ZYL.
ETA ETA: Thank you SO MUCH for the screencaps! I am saving them as you upload them.
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Since the Envoy was on the expedition captain's trail, I think he learned a) that Zhao Xinci killed him, cutting the captain off as a source of info, and b) that Zhao Xinci chose the "need" to kill a Dixingian *over his own family*. That's one HELL of a lot of bigotry, and definitely explains how he might avoid the SID as much as possible thereafter.
When does someone say the expedition was 20 years ago? I thought it was more like 30.
ETA: Zhao Yunlan hops onto the table like a civilized person who was in no way raised by cats.
I don't care what backstory they give for Daqing later, I am firmly of the belief that Daqing met and lived with bb!ZYL.
ETA ETA: Thank you SO MUCH for the screencaps! I am saving them as you upload them.