"I'm fine," he says again, in thoughtless reflex, and immediately belies this with a sniffle. "Ah, Ingress. I'm fine. He did, he even said Lan Zhan could come too. Wouldn't that be terrible, if I said I loved him and then moved somewhere he couldn't go?" Again, there's that little pained laugh. "So that's good. That's good. I'm happy with the room I have but I'll probably move there soon. It'll be nice to have a home again."

It's too bright to see any stars, even though the sky has sunk into twilight. The moon is there, though, just atop one of the buildings, wobbling slightly with Wei Wuxian's drunkeness.

"I'm sorry. I don't want to make you miserable. It's been such a good night."