[ A cruel thing were he to pay the man in his currency, and yet the thought crosses him, coalesces bittersweet on his tongue, and he fixes Chu Wanning with a look of slow, cautious study. An inquiry, by any other name.
You are poisoned, also.
They both hailed of the same healing rooms. Of the two, the man stuttered in step before Lan Wangji displayed the frailty coaxed by his sickness. There is need between them, like wisps of cloying incense, a brewing thing.
And it is not Lan Wangji's alone. ]
Retain it. [ And softer, with the bind of both of his hands behind his back, shoulders squaring. ] You require it more.
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You are poisoned, also.
They both hailed of the same healing rooms. Of the two, the man stuttered in step before Lan Wangji displayed the frailty coaxed by his sickness. There is need between them, like wisps of cloying incense, a brewing thing.
And it is not Lan Wangji's alone. ]
Retain it. [ And softer, with the bind of both of his hands behind his back, shoulders squaring. ] You require it more.