[Composure regained, Lan Xichen exhales. He is not going to bring It up in the library, he is not going to make a scene.
With his regrets and sorrows thoroughly repressed to be unpacked at a later date (he's an absolute masterclass at that) he manages to get his face into neutral and parks it there.]
I am, yes.
[He isn't. Isn't there a rule about lying on that Wall of Discipline he should be heeding...?]
I... didn't expect to see Huaisang, is all. How did you arrive?
[Probably the same as everyone else; by making a splash. He's trying not to think about the tentacles.]
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With his regrets and sorrows thoroughly repressed to be unpacked at a later date (he's an absolute masterclass at that) he manages to get his face into neutral and parks it there.]
I am, yes.
[He isn't. Isn't there a rule about lying on that Wall of Discipline he should be heeding...?]
I... didn't expect to see Huaisang, is all. How did you arrive?
[Probably the same as everyone else; by making a splash. He's trying not to think about the tentacles.]