( He is not certain. He is, all things considered, both aggrieved by his ill fortune and fully understanding that a man as emotionally weathered and stitched back from his own traumas as Bucky Barnes does not, somehow, recover the blessings of the Heaven long enough to strike a lucky hand at dice.

Still, Lan Wangji has so far failed so spectacularly that he might yet qualify for some manner of award of merit. )

No. All the same.