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[strikingchords]

[...blinks...]

They are difficult.

[this is framed as a question, even though it's a statement; what.]

[laughitoff]

Not those specifically.

I just...I do like to know, when people are doing things with regards to me.

[strikingchords]

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You truly wish this?

[THINKING...]

[laughitoff]

As I said.

[strikingchords]

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Why is it difficult?

[he doesn't sound like he's arguing, actually! he looks... attentive; curious without it being really devouring, getting context on the request]

[laughitoff]

Haven't you done enough without my knowledge? Do the Lans prize good done with the recipients left ignorant so much? Even if it benefits me, it's not a comfortable feeling.

[strikingchords]

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[hey, wait, but]

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I made it in front of you.

[laughitoff]

[blinks]

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You made one in front of me.

[strikingchords]

The recipe was identical.

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Boasting is forbidden, but nor have I hidden my actions.

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Sometimes you just forget.

[laughitoff]

[throws his hands up]

I didn't forget this! I just didn't put it together! Is that my fault!?

[strikingchords]

Yes.

Do not accuse others.

[HE'S GETTING A PIECE OF PAPER OUT OF HIS BASKET.]

[laughitoff]

What--you didn't tell me, though!

[he is getting genuinely aggravated again; Lan Wangji can tell]

[strikingchords]

[pauses in whatever he was starting to do with the paper and lets out a breath; more quietly]

Seldom intend action without your knowledge. I do not prize it. Do not say this.

You are usually perceptive.

Perhaps, because you thought us enemies.

[laughitoff]

[his mouth thins, but he doesn't retort further.]

[strikingchords]

[...

waits for a response for a minute and breathes out a near-sigh when one doesn't appear to be forthcoming...]

[laughitoff]

[LISTEN SOMETIMES THE CHOICE IS 'NO ANSWER' OR 'AN ANGRY ANSWER' AND OCCASIONALLY WEI WUXIAN IS CAPABLE OF PICKING THE FIRST ONE]

[strikingchords]

[he's left in silence to think about it for a little bit, anyway; Lan Wanji is writing something.]

[laughitoff]

[shifts a little restlessly, but doesn't actually break from his tense pose much]

[strikingchords]

[...he's still writing...]

[laughitoff]

[OKAY THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL HE FINISHES, HAVE MERCY]

[strikingchords]

[never!!

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looks up when he's done, sincere]

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Do not be angry.

[laughitoff]

[just gives him a look; he can't turn it off even if he's being restrained about it]

[strikingchords]

[is he really that mad that Lan Wangji didn't accept total responsibility for what Wei Wuxian refused to see...?

...he can't do anything about that. Wei Wuxian is determined to blame him; all right.

shakes his head a little, hands him the paper, and stands up, moving a few feet away to look out over the rest of the cemetery]

[laughitoff]

[HE'S VERY GOOD AT DRAWING HIS OWN CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WEI WUXIAN'S FEELINGS

looks at the paper]

1/2

[strikingchords]

[his biggest conclusion is that he wishes he knew how to make Wei Wuxian un-angry :( but, well.

the paper has a list written on it.]