Not only had they killed his soul-twin, and revived him once more, but they'd killed him in such a... personally malicious way. Just as they knew their memories all well enough to recreate their rooms here, they must know their fears too. How else could they know one of the most horrifying ways he could think of to die?
His eyes flick to Lan Zhan's, seeing the anger there for a moment, before his face becomes the cool, still pond he's used to. Trust no one. It's directed at him, and his penchant for getting himself into difficult situations with even more difficult people. His promise of protection... it's not that it's meaningless, he knows Lan Wangji means it, but it's also too hard to predict what this place will throw at them next. They're little more than livestock to their captors.
The waitress is enough to shake him out of his thoughts, and he folds his hands in his lap, "oh- just... just water. Unless you have anything stronger. In which case, I would very much like something stronger."
Not that there ever seems to be a shortage of alcohol here. He waits for her to leave, collecting his thoughts, and once she's out of earshot, he turns back toward Lan Wangji.
"You said... they have a list? Are they going after the rest of us too?" he had to think, but there were so many conditions and worries and they knew all their weaknesses- they could even be taking the Lan Zhan from his world as they sat here.
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His eyes flick to Lan Zhan's, seeing the anger there for a moment, before his face becomes the cool, still pond he's used to. Trust no one. It's directed at him, and his penchant for getting himself into difficult situations with even more difficult people. His promise of protection... it's not that it's meaningless, he knows Lan Wangji means it, but it's also too hard to predict what this place will throw at them next. They're little more than livestock to their captors.
The waitress is enough to shake him out of his thoughts, and he folds his hands in his lap, "oh- just... just water. Unless you have anything stronger. In which case, I would very much like something stronger."
Not that there ever seems to be a shortage of alcohol here. He waits for her to leave, collecting his thoughts, and once she's out of earshot, he turns back toward Lan Wangji.
"You said... they have a list? Are they going after the rest of us too?" he had to think, but there were so many conditions and worries and they knew all their weaknesses- they could even be taking the Lan Zhan from his world as they sat here.