( wei wuxian, a man who pretends to forget far more than he actually does a good portion of the time, merely hums a note of acknowledgement, stating: )

Advanced age does have it's drawbacks.

( no way someone this powerful feeling isn't also some kind of old, though it's harder for him to judge, after this place. here young creatures, ghosts, devils, the dead can be disproportionately strong for the length of their existence. things not granted on their own efforts, be that consumption or anything else. )

For all our sakes, ( he says, glancing towards the ghost, ) I hope the Huntress or any of the other lords of death here find you too much will of your own to influence in the ways they can when they try.

( because some people as a consumed energy would be far more dangerous than others, and also, he can't resurrect a ghost??? thanks sir this is not part of his own techniques or the learned magics of this place.

that said, his eyes are back on the waters, and his smile wry, eyes shadowed and serious. )

Can't be hell, we just left there and sealed the way behind us. And I can still hum underwater.

( where is lan wangji to stare at his husband being ruthlessly practical but self endangering? yet he doesn't move forward: he knows better than to charge blindly these days. )