[ Peace is a tender negotiation between them, frail with each heartbeat. He senses animalistic discomfort, less in the outward signals that the dragon withholds, more in his silence. Most creatures are not created for tranquility: to run, to shift, to squirm is to survive.
That the dragon withstands the treatment without disruption, without vocal dismay or appreciation is only an indication of the focus it directs to sparing Lan Wangji retaliatory harm.
He distributes the water in slow, choice, thin pats and reinforced washes. Again and again and again, until finally the dragon speaks, and Lan Wangji, crouched beside it, still collecting and filtering the water of its gelid clots, nods along with the observations. In part, he supposes, simply to humour him. ]
It appears in wells. Lives in fields. Surges from earth skins, when they fissure. [ It seems to be much more of a constant than an unexpected apparition. ] Perhaps it is disparate from harm.
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That the dragon withstands the treatment without disruption, without vocal dismay or appreciation is only an indication of the focus it directs to sparing Lan Wangji retaliatory harm.
He distributes the water in slow, choice, thin pats and reinforced washes. Again and again and again, until finally the dragon speaks, and Lan Wangji, crouched beside it, still collecting and filtering the water of its gelid clots, nods along with the observations. In part, he supposes, simply to humour him. ]
It appears in wells. Lives in fields. Surges from earth skins, when they fissure. [ It seems to be much more of a constant than an unexpected apparition. ] Perhaps it is disparate from harm.