Yes! The sort of grey space between "forgets he can't survive such things any more" and "passively suicidal" and Zhao Yunlan feels the urge to wrap Shen Wei up in a padded blanket and confine him to bed. (Shen Wei calls this just desserts if Zhao Yunlan ever complains.)
And maybe in the end, Shen Wei would discover that he has actually developed some entirely new and different powers based on light energy. And at that point he would *not* immediately come out of retirement and start sacrificing himself again, because he has truly learned to live as a person, and for the first time in his life, he is truly happy, and isn't willing to give that up. I could live with him getting zero powers at the end, but yes, I want him to have learned to live as a person! And I know you meant something completely different, but I was struck with an image of Shen Wei having the power to make lamps turn on, regardless of how broken or disconnected from the power mains they were. Imagine how popular he would be in Dixing!
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Date: 2019-03-27 07:11 pm (UTC)I could live with him getting zero powers at the end, but yes, I want him to have learned to live as a person! And I know you meant something completely different, but I was struck with an image of Shen Wei having the power to make lamps turn on, regardless of how broken or disconnected from the power mains they were. Imagine how popular he would be in Dixing!