...which may have accepted the incriminating bun as alms from Xie Lian. Do they know Xie Lian's recent trajectory, have they his hours accounted? Have they born witness to his whereabouts of late, can any man pledge he has touched neither spoon nor cauldron?
Perhaps, tremors a careless poison that sours his flesh and his poise, Lan Wangji might be succumbing to a paranoid frenzy. And perhaps, too, beasts are not as susceptible to the misfortunes of a working tongue, as are men. This bun may yet prove... safe for their consumption.
He accepts that. Prays, gently, to the likelihood of its passage — until Anduin falters in explanation, and the wind growls the impatience Lan Wangji wishes to sharpen his words on, only to snap. Restraint chokes him strong. Years of educating infant cultivators has equipped him for this moment. ]
For whom was the bun intended?
[ If the recipient's need is greater, they cannot simple misuse the food to gain passage, no matter the blinding extent to which one of the foxes now wags its tail... s. ]
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...which may have accepted the incriminating bun as alms from Xie Lian. Do they know Xie Lian's recent trajectory, have they his hours accounted? Have they born witness to his whereabouts of late, can any man pledge he has touched neither spoon nor cauldron?
Perhaps, tremors a careless poison that sours his flesh and his poise, Lan Wangji might be succumbing to a paranoid frenzy. And perhaps, too, beasts are not as susceptible to the misfortunes of a working tongue, as are men. This bun may yet prove... safe for their consumption.
He accepts that. Prays, gently, to the likelihood of its passage — until Anduin falters in explanation, and the wind growls the impatience Lan Wangji wishes to sharpen his words on, only to snap. Restraint chokes him strong. Years of educating infant cultivators has equipped him for this moment. ]
For whom was the bun intended?
[ If the recipient's need is greater, they cannot simple misuse the food to gain passage, no matter the blinding extent to which one of the foxes now wags its tail... s. ]