Pyon- a mortar nut

(Glad to see that someone else is enjoying the interaction, it’s really fun to be a bit of a menace to Jiyan honestly (apologies to the Jiyan mod))

(As for the ship, I do like it, I think it has a lot of depth— Geshu himself has this sort of obsession with dragging Jiyan down with him, saying that they’re “two desperate souls doomed to be forsaken” (quote from Jiyan’s showcase) in Geshu’s mind I think he likes it that way, it may be his personal view of what being a general means, and how war digs its claws into you but he’s definitely got some sort of attachment to Jiyan.)

(Geshu doesn’t want to think that he himself failed in his role, and he takes it out on Jiyan because Jiyan assumed his responsibility and his role as general. The negative part of him overrides the positive part, and is likely haunted by the soldiers that died under his command.)

(In Jiyan’s character showcase and in the cutscene, he asks how Jiyan will respond to the dead’s pleas and cries— Geshu is very emotionally charged in these lines and I think that’s perhaps because he feels an inkling of guilt for how things turned out, and Jiyan is an outlet for that anger at himself.)

(When he was alive, I also think it’s entirely possible that he was fond of Jiyan. In the cutscene at the beginning of the quest Great Warstorm, we see that Geshu valued Jiyan’s opinion as a medic, and acknowledged that he may have even been right about the retroact rain— but that trust in Jiyan’s judgement was overridden by the fact that it was their only chance to launch an attack at the Threnodian, leading Geshu to sacrifice himself.)

(Geshu Lin by no means thought little of Jiyan, he was likely the closest person to him, and I can’t say much for Jiyan, but since the phantom of Geshu haunts him, it isn’t a completely unfounded belief to say that he feels some sort of attachment to the former general too.)

Like obviously it'd depend on context but listen. Geshu Lin vanished three years ago. Jiyan was named his successor by the SENTINEL THEMSELF. It's been three years. Jiyan thwarted the TD that Geshu Lin likely faced alone, helped by someone who seemed to ABSORB its frequencies. Jiyan, even as General, found a way to keep saving lives by enforcing that non-Resonator personell don't fight on the frontlines. Jiyan has been leading the Rangers that Geshu Lin once did, but is celebrated where Geshu Lin has been dishonored.

It has been three. Years.

We've seen how Geshu Lin acts. A deep-seated desire to protect people, a willingness to put himself in harm's way if it means the threat is vanquished. When he's defeated and a blade is put to his neck, he lifts his chin, bares his throat, and DARES them to do it. Put an end to him, then. You defeated him — you earned the right to take his life.

Geshu Lin's Phantom has tormented Jiyan more than a few times. Jiyan doesn't talk about what happened that night unless prompted to. But on some level, he does seem to at least acknowledge Geshu Lin's strengths in battle. How close were they? Did Jiyan ever admire Geshu Lin's strength and refusal to back down?

Did he hate him for it?

So if Geshu Lin were to emerge from the shadows, what would Jiyan think? What would he do? A man you thought dead for three years, the one who led dozens of men to their death but also made brave calls nobody else would, the one whose hatred for Tacet Discords mirrors your own, shows up again, alive, after THREE YEARS, what would you do?

...I like to think that Jiyan would raise his blade, anticipating a fight or hostility or for it to all be fake.

And I think Geshu Lin would raise his chin and dare Jiyan to do it

Go on, Medic.

Now, KILL me before I initiate Jinzhou and all of Huanglong's destructive demise with these powers of mine"