( It is not the tea of their ancestors, or any brew that Cloud Recesses might deign to present an honoured guest. In truth, on better days, Lan Wangji would hesitate to present it — but appetites exceed dignity, elegance is the privilege of the scant and the few, and Lan Wangji rushes to introduce the gravelly, stale powders Wei Ying has no doubt secured at an obscene premium.
A heating talisman later, a few chipped an scratched wooden cups, the vessel for brewing. He remembers, at least, the forms to greet a guest and display the offering, to pour with a steady, graceful hand. One cup, offered from bowing hands. A second, for Wangji's safe-keeping. He drinks once, behind his sleeve, and does not linger on his confusion if he has tasted herb, flower or sewage dregs. )
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( It is not the tea of their ancestors, or any brew that Cloud Recesses might deign to present an honoured guest. In truth, on better days, Lan Wangji would hesitate to present it — but appetites exceed dignity, elegance is the privilege of the scant and the few, and Lan Wangji rushes to introduce the gravelly, stale powders Wei Ying has no doubt secured at an obscene premium.
A heating talisman later, a few chipped an scratched wooden cups, the vessel for brewing. He remembers, at least, the forms to greet a guest and display the offering, to pour with a steady, graceful hand. One cup, offered from bowing hands. A second, for Wangji's safe-keeping. He drinks once, behind his sleeve, and does not linger on his confusion if he has tasted herb, flower or sewage dregs. )
Wei Ying... has a forgiving palate.