"As Wei Ying is to me." Another short pause. Lan Wangji wants to describe this accurately. Once, he was terrified to love in the way that he does. He saw what it did to his father, the way the elders spoke of his parents. It means something to him to think of his ancestor in this way now. "We are married; we share life and death. We walk the same path and seek the same truths. Wherever our path leads, we will find that end together."