Lan Wangji is not certain what Alex's gender has to do with any of this¹, but the shapeshifting aspect of Magnus' beloved seems to be more interesting regardless. He struggles to imagine this, which only serves to make him more interested. "I hope to meet Alex." He wonders, not aloud, how he might feel if Wei Ying could do the same, then becomes very briefly distracted.

¹For those playing along at home, this is because he and she sound the same aloud in Mandarin, so Lan Wangji has not noticed that Magnus is switching back and forth.