( Don't let Lan Wangji's own ongoing awe stutter Five's private deliberations over the quality and likelihood of Luffy's prospects. It is not that he distrusts, precisely: a boy of fifteen stands to inherit the mountain of corruption that sleeps beneath Jinlintai. But it is a... tenuous proposition, sabotaged at every step by Luffy's own... vocal charisma. )
A cook. ( That he has seen, though not yet known intimately. ) Stephen Strange. His... retinue. ( Of magicians. ) Wen Kexing's — ...entertainment. ( Also known as the ladies of pleasure fleetingly glimpsed, now and then, by the windows, waving down between winks. ) A man with a red nose.
( ...despite, dare Lan Wangji note, rather balmy weather. )
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( Don't let Lan Wangji's own ongoing awe stutter Five's private deliberations over the quality and likelihood of Luffy's prospects. It is not that he distrusts, precisely: a boy of fifteen stands to inherit the mountain of corruption that sleeps beneath Jinlintai. But it is a... tenuous proposition, sabotaged at every step by Luffy's own... vocal charisma. )
A cook. ( That he has seen, though not yet known intimately. ) Stephen Strange. His... retinue. ( Of magicians. ) Wen Kexing's — ...entertainment. ( Also known as the ladies of pleasure fleetingly glimpsed, now and then, by the windows, waving down between winks. ) A man with a red nose.
( ...despite, dare Lan Wangji note, rather balmy weather. )