( Fines, pressure, extortion and an unblinking facade. Truly, they've discovered the sorcery of coaxing doors and locks open and advancing with impunity in the deepest, darkest, most private of corridors.
Where Lan Wangji, faced once more with a myriad of opportunities, calmly starts them on the first turn right — if not for navigational certainty that this is the right path, then because he hears the cooed murmurs of company to the left.
Not all of the house's occupants pose dangers. Some might be simple visitors, as they are. But few things repel Lan Wangji more than spectators. )
Do not flatter deceit. ( It dishonours them. ) We shall make penance, after.
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( Fines, pressure, extortion and an unblinking facade. Truly, they've discovered the sorcery of coaxing doors and locks open and advancing with impunity in the deepest, darkest, most private of corridors.
Where Lan Wangji, faced once more with a myriad of opportunities, calmly starts them on the first turn right — if not for navigational certainty that this is the right path, then because he hears the cooed murmurs of company to the left.
Not all of the house's occupants pose dangers. Some might be simple visitors, as they are. But few things repel Lan Wangji more than spectators. )
Do not flatter deceit. ( It dishonours them. ) We shall make penance, after.