( ...ah. A matter of strategy, convenience and, as is the way of Five's people, carefree bloodletting. So be it. He cannot begin to trouble himself with misplaced righteousness: they have set same purpose, and Five speaks (crudely, but) well.
He nods once, then startles — the sound of tearing alien, animal and disruptive from inside the house, where he sees two senators ripping down the dressings of a window's pane to make themselves fresh mantles of the curtains. Two — ladies of pleasure celebrate their enthusiasm with misplaced applause. They bow, and, one half undressed, turn around to wave at Five and Lan Wangji.
For a moment, far too foolish, Lan Wangji thinks to wave back. Then, he returns to himself. )
A matter of greater importance. ( Apologies, Five, for the casual disregard of your perspective. ) Should it be learned senators were delayed unwilling, will the vote be annulled?
( ...how, in other words, do they make it seem as if the merrymakers premeditated their own absence from the vote? )
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( ...ah. A matter of strategy, convenience and, as is the way of Five's people, carefree bloodletting. So be it. He cannot begin to trouble himself with misplaced righteousness: they have set same purpose, and Five speaks (crudely, but) well.
He nods once, then startles — the sound of tearing alien, animal and disruptive from inside the house, where he sees two senators ripping down the dressings of a window's pane to make themselves fresh mantles of the curtains. Two — ladies of pleasure celebrate their enthusiasm with misplaced applause. They bow, and, one half undressed, turn around to wave at Five and Lan Wangji.
For a moment, far too foolish, Lan Wangji thinks to wave back. Then, he returns to himself. )
A matter of greater importance. ( Apologies, Five, for the casual disregard of your perspective. ) Should it be learned senators were delayed unwilling, will the vote be annulled?
( ...how, in other words, do they make it seem as if the merrymakers premeditated their own absence from the vote? )