This may come as no surprise, but Lan Wangji sincerely enjoys sitting in silence and listening as someone he cares for talks. He settles into his seat, holding his cup of slowly-cooling tea, and attends to this description with focus. The Cloud Recesses does indeed have quite a collection of rare texts, although it was diminished to some extent when the rampaging Wen clan burned the library to the ground.

Once Claudius is done, he remains silent for a measure of time and takes his first slow sip of tea. "As you said," he notes, "they have an interesting balance. Complementary."