( It's a little silly, conversing through a hole in the wall. Wen Kexing keeps that to himself, Lan Wangji is so easily wound. But still, a part of him is too aware of it even as the tone shifts. )

When you have been without power before, you learn to grasp at it wherever you can. I'm not a greedy man. I have no need for it, no desire to use it, but what about he whom it belongs to? What if a bargain needs to be met with him?