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[after Yi City and the second time Wei Wuxian gets Lan Wangji drunk, it takes about a day for them to reach the Garden of Annual blossoms. this curious incident takes place in the space of that day.
outside of appeasing the corpse pieces they've been collecting each night, it's not uncommon for Lan Wangji to take the time to practice on the guqin. he doesn't play entire songs, since he's not trying to interact with any spirits at the moment, but safely broken-up sections of Inquiry and Empathy (was Empathy always a musical technique? it is in this timeline, shut up) and the other songs he uses for battle hum through the walls of the rest stop they've paused at on the road.
it's partway through a passage of Empathy that there's a notable shriek of strings, and then silence; when Wei Wuxian goes to check, he'll find Lan Wangji half-collapsed over the instrument, his breathing harsh and a strange fluctuation of energy around him.
a qi deviation...? oh no.]
outside of appeasing the corpse pieces they've been collecting each night, it's not uncommon for Lan Wangji to take the time to practice on the guqin. he doesn't play entire songs, since he's not trying to interact with any spirits at the moment, but safely broken-up sections of Inquiry and Empathy (was Empathy always a musical technique? it is in this timeline, shut up) and the other songs he uses for battle hum through the walls of the rest stop they've paused at on the road.
it's partway through a passage of Empathy that there's a notable shriek of strings, and then silence; when Wei Wuxian goes to check, he'll find Lan Wangji half-collapsed over the instrument, his breathing harsh and a strange fluctuation of energy around him.
a qi deviation...? oh no.]
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Say, Lan Zhan, Lan Wangji, could it be that you've done this sort of thing before? I'm a little curious as to how you know what to do! For you to have the upper hand in this, of all things, when you were so embarrassed over a single book of artwork all those years ago...Don't tell me that my words had an impact on you?
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LOOKS ASIDE FOR A SECOND]
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[somehow he's keeping his hand moving steadily through this. ridiculous.]
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What, was that really it? You could have just asked me back then and I would have shared all of it with you!
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[...]
And unhelpful.
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[pouting]
What I had was probably more than what you could find in your Library Pavilion anyways. --Wait, exactly where did you find illustrations of men doing this kind of thing? You really went digging for them, didn't you?
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maybe a third finger will distract Wei Wuxian from this line of questioning.]
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Ah--! H-Hanguang-Jun, it was a simple question. What if I want to compare notes? Exactly how many fingers to plan on putting in there? Isn't there something else that you should be putting in?
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Patience.
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I'm not known for my patience, am I?
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at least he knows what he wants]
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