[ he is no wordsmith like wei wuxian. he is built instead to listen, to aid through use of his hands. he is action, where language ashes as though wood left within the hearth. lan wangji is not one to give himself easily, but is stubborn where he gives.
and so, he does not expect an emotional account. were he roxas, he would provide far less. instead, all one might rely upon were he in roxas's position would be what it looks to be inside such dark, such silence.
there is a pause, as though he were speaking to him across the kitchen table. that silence that means: I am listening, without expectation or pressure to talk more than he would want. in a past life, lan wangji went where chaos was. he helped others, no matter how small the problem. no matter how large.
lan wangji asks, to afford roxas time to think on what he desires to divulge. ]
Are you uninjured?
[ he is well enough to make such admissions, after all. but, to be thorough is better than not. ]
no subject
and so, he does not expect an emotional account. were he roxas, he would provide far less. instead, all one might rely upon were he in roxas's position would be what it looks to be inside such dark, such silence.
there is a pause, as though he were speaking to him across the kitchen table. that silence that means: I am listening, without expectation or pressure to talk more than he would want. in a past life, lan wangji went where chaos was. he helped others, no matter how small the problem. no matter how large.
lan wangji asks, to afford roxas time to think on what he desires to divulge. ]
Are you uninjured?
[ he is well enough to make such admissions, after all. but, to be thorough is better than not. ]