Lan Wangji raises his eyebrows, just the slightest bit. So, Aziraphale is here. Crowley is no longer waiting for him to arrive. Lan Wangji thinks on this for a long moment. There is something that Claudius thought Crowley might need to hear from him. Claudius is mistaken when he claims that Lan Wangji is eloquent, but not, of course, when he claims that Lan Wangji may understand the feeling of frustrated love.

"It is possible," he says slowly, "to wait for someone who is right beside you."