But it's perfectly fair logic. Even now, he's a little surprised she chose to share that information with him--but he remembers how she reacted when he came to her with a baby in his arms. Even before that, she'd trusted him enough to share, not only a report of what happened with Okuni, but her own frustrations and struggles with helplessness. In turn, he has trusted her with the lives of their most vulnerable.
They no longer have the luxury of caution. The actions of the kidnappers, and the traitor especially, have affected the entire town--it could just have easily been their people caught in the fire, and Lan Wangji has never been the type to wish misfortune on others purely because of family ties anyway.]
A man with long hair. [Which means... virtually nothing, given the size of their town. He's been trying to think, in the few moments he's been able to spare, but he is, somewhat ironically, too close to Chuuya to know as much about the Xian Le as he'd like. Lan Wangji's only ever cared to know if movements were being made against the Mori in particular--anything else was not his concern.
He lets his hand drop from Wei Wuxian's hair, then, though he keeps his arms wrapped around him. He's not exactly happy to hear it, but he trusts Wei Wuxian, and if Shinobu agreed to it even knowing the state of him, well... who is he to argue with a doctor? (Though, privately, he thinks her frustration and fear have more to do with this judgment call than anything else, but it's not like he can blame her.)]
How can I help? [Mostly, he's been trying to check in on his own people, but it doesn't feel like enough. His own words (to Shinobu, no less), are coming back to bite him now.]
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But it's perfectly fair logic. Even now, he's a little surprised she chose to share that information with him--but he remembers how she reacted when he came to her with a baby in his arms. Even before that, she'd trusted him enough to share, not only a report of what happened with Okuni, but her own frustrations and struggles with helplessness. In turn, he has trusted her with the lives of their most vulnerable.
They no longer have the luxury of caution. The actions of the kidnappers, and the traitor especially, have affected the entire town--it could just have easily been their people caught in the fire, and Lan Wangji has never been the type to wish misfortune on others purely because of family ties anyway.]
A man with long hair. [Which means... virtually nothing, given the size of their town. He's been trying to think, in the few moments he's been able to spare, but he is, somewhat ironically, too close to Chuuya to know as much about the Xian Le as he'd like. Lan Wangji's only ever cared to know if movements were being made against the Mori in particular--anything else was not his concern.
He lets his hand drop from Wei Wuxian's hair, then, though he keeps his arms wrapped around him. He's not exactly happy to hear it, but he trusts Wei Wuxian, and if Shinobu agreed to it even knowing the state of him, well... who is he to argue with a doctor? (Though, privately, he thinks her frustration and fear have more to do with this judgment call than anything else, but it's not like he can blame her.)]
How can I help? [Mostly, he's been trying to check in on his own people, but it doesn't feel like enough. His own words (to Shinobu, no less), are coming back to bite him now.]