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there was a time when Lan Wangji wouldn't have hesitated to use the Lan clan's unique silencing spell, but that was before he knew how awfully he would miss that voice. If he doesn't reply immediately, it's not out of ignorance or annoyance; it's more like the way cats sometimes creep into the pavilions of the Cloud Recesses and lie in the long patches of sunlight streaming in from the windows, soaking up the warmth.
❝ Wei Ying. ❞ A quiet point of acknowledgement, one that he'll never get tired of saying. ❝ ... Should we rest? ❞
AT SOME POINT, WWX WAS PROBABLY saying more than just Wangji’s name over and over, but perhaps he’d actually bored himself out of that given the total lack of response. Hence the shift to physical harassment, though he won’t ever become so tired of it that he’d stop running his mouth altogether.
The patriarch perks up when Wangji finally responds, sitting up straight out of excitement and finally taking his weight off of the Lan. But then, his face falls. “ Rest? You’ve forced me to sit here all day doing nothing! We need to do the opposite of rest! ”