[ again, roxas tells him. lan wangji tucks the errant word aside for now. it is not his place to speculate or ask if he does not give it. not right now. and so, he affirms. there are not always places to anchor inside himself. but, he anchors himself now. as he so often does, as he so often is. ]
It is not real.
[ it doesn't matter what is asked. people are not often as forthright as he, evade more pointedly. what matters, lan wangji has learned, is full shape and context. ]
But, illusion does not always make it easier to bear.
[ he has suffered dreams upon dreams upon dreams, almost too real to bear. he has seen incantations and spells and curses. that is a point of relation, for him. ]
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It is not real.
[ it doesn't matter what is asked. people are not often as forthright as he, evade more pointedly. what matters, lan wangji has learned, is full shape and context. ]
But, illusion does not always make it easier to bear.
[ he has suffered dreams upon dreams upon dreams, almost too real to bear. he has seen incantations and spells and curses. that is a point of relation, for him. ]