( ...all the same. Which is to say, in terms uncertain, his brother's appetite and palate have been both offended in ways material, inescapable and underestimated.
Shame should wash every part of Lan Wangji that isn't eagerly pining for a hole in hot, dark earth to rescind himself. No, no. He must not show face further. Only pour again, until his brother's cup is once more filled, because if they suffer to save face, then they might as well bleed.
Cough with feeling. )
Zewu-Jun's kindness honours him. ( A moment, then: ) You have lodgings?
( If everyone is assigned dwellings, then surely Xichen — ) Retain them.
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Shame should wash every part of Lan Wangji that isn't eagerly pining for a hole in hot, dark earth to rescind himself. No, no. He must not show face further. Only pour again, until his brother's cup is once more filled, because if they suffer to save face, then they might as well bleed.
Cough with feeling. )
Zewu-Jun's kindness honours him. ( A moment, then: ) You have lodgings?
( If everyone is assigned dwellings, then surely Xichen — ) Retain them.
( — cannot have worse than a cave. )