( Perhaps he is unsuited to this, a man of his frozen, stiff mouth, his clothes of mourning. His manner bereft the warmth and ease of disposition that so often charm empathy and union. Behind his back, bound, his hands knot and tangle, spine straightening beneath the silent call to mind and right and his composure.
One of the bride's attendants — her friends? — mouth quickly in his direction with an air of concern spattered by indignation, to see him regally but soundly indifferent and Allison — aggrieved. This is their day, they pay handsomely to feast, the servants should not be ruining it.
Round of his shoulder rattled by a shrug, Lan Wangji seals his apathy. )
You are a woman of strength and sense. ( This much, time and frequent response to Five's... outbursts has proven. ) I need not persuade you.
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( Perhaps he is unsuited to this, a man of his frozen, stiff mouth, his clothes of mourning. His manner bereft the warmth and ease of disposition that so often charm empathy and union. Behind his back, bound, his hands knot and tangle, spine straightening beneath the silent call to mind and right and his composure.
One of the bride's attendants — her friends? — mouth quickly in his direction with an air of concern spattered by indignation, to see him regally but soundly indifferent and Allison — aggrieved. This is their day, they pay handsomely to feast, the servants should not be ruining it.
Round of his shoulder rattled by a shrug, Lan Wangji seals his apathy. )
You are a woman of strength and sense. ( This much, time and frequent response to Five's... outbursts has proven. ) I need not persuade you.