Remote as the Dead are from the Living
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Title: "Remote as the Dead are from the Living"
Author: Himring
Word Count/Drabble Type: 100 words in MS Word
Character(s)/Ship(s): Madam Lan, Lan Xichen, Lan Zhan
Rating/Warnings: PG (reference to canonical character death and mourning; allusion to cultural prejudice)
Summary: Others would not compare Madam Lan's fate to Cai Wenji's sufferings during her abduction and exile among the Xiongnu. To her sons the comparison is more meaningful than they would ever admit aloud. (Title is taken from a translation of the text of one of Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute, on the theme of Cai Wenji's separation from her half-Xiongnu children).
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Author: Himring
Word Count/Drabble Type: 100 words in MS Word
Character(s)/Ship(s): Madam Lan, Lan Xichen, Lan Zhan
Rating/Warnings: PG (reference to canonical character death and mourning; allusion to cultural prejudice)
Summary: Others would not compare Madam Lan's fate to Cai Wenji's sufferings during her abduction and exile among the Xiongnu. To her sons the comparison is more meaningful than they would ever admit aloud. (Title is taken from a translation of the text of one of Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute, on the theme of Cai Wenji's separation from her half-Xiongnu children).
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