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lan wangji
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...pomegranates. Their fruit.

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Pomegranates! Okay, okay, I can work with that.

( he's................... going............. to look like murder on his hands from peeling one, but that's fine, it's what you do when you care for someone.

and besides, lethe is getting a whole chicken. )

When will you be free?

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...within the shi. Apologies. Messalina's — requirements.

[weifinder]

( softly, with a steel beneath aimed at her, not at lan wangji: )

I know.

( to the brighter, more chipper: )

Not so long! I'll see you then!

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...Wei Ying?

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Mm? Lan Zhan?

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In some time, is this the first thing you name your own?

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... Well... I guess it is?

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...relish it.

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.......................... You know, Lan Zhan, that makes everything sound ominous... are you in trouble with Mollassesina?

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I am supporting my husband.

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You are, of course you are, I just worry too, ah? Since I can't be in the same place, not right now. I don't like walking out of step when it's not our choice.

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We are of a mind.

Lethe. Pomegranates.

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You, within a shi or so. Yes.

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...yes.

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In the meantime, are there any teas you won't drink?

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...Wei Ying. Between us, there can only be hot water.

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You'll note that's not actually answering the question I asked, ah?

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I wish for hot water.

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Arranged.

Unless for bathing, in which case, I know private bathing chambers in public bathing houses.

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To share.

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If only we were still talking about hot bathing.

( sounding amused, but the sigh is for dramatics, and yes, genuine: but he's not shy about wants, knowing he's allowed to have them. )

Tea it is.

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That day. I do not begrudge water.

[weifinder]

... Which one?

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My visit to Yiling.