"Jin Guangyao had not moved," Lan Wangji confirms. He watches, and feels, Claudius' grip on his hands tighten, and he lets himself take a little comfort in it, even if it is not comfort to which he feels wholly entitled. Jin Guangyao's death was not painful for him, but Lan Xichen's anguish still stings to have witnessed, and it is an anguish that has only barely begun to abate. "The blood from his wound broke the seal on the coffin that contained Nie Mingjue. Nie Mingjue rose and attacked them both, but Jin Guangyao pushed my brother to safety before Nie Mingjue broke his neck. Both are still in that coffin."