[ Absently, as he abandons Xie Lian to hold the box as if he too were in attendance, while Lan Wangji takes the measure of strictly-doled out lavender between two cupped hands, weighing the threshold between generosity and overindulgence.
A pretty excess, deep-scented, the merchant Mazyar's one consolation and reward for Lan Wangji's... instinctive service, trading in stray snakes. He had intended only safety, but this will do. Handsomely.
Half a fistful of it in water. The second, drawn back. More, for tomorrow's sake. ]
You encounter the dead often? [ No. The 'god's indifference betrays a disaster of habit. ] Coexist beside them.
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[ Absently, as he abandons Xie Lian to hold the box as if he too were in attendance, while Lan Wangji takes the measure of strictly-doled out lavender between two cupped hands, weighing the threshold between generosity and overindulgence.
A pretty excess, deep-scented, the merchant Mazyar's one consolation and reward for Lan Wangji's... instinctive service, trading in stray snakes. He had intended only safety, but this will do. Handsomely.
Half a fistful of it in water. The second, drawn back. More, for tomorrow's sake. ]
You encounter the dead often? [ No. The 'god's indifference betrays a disaster of habit. ] Coexist beside them.