With two considerably more talkative people around, Lan Wangji lapses into peaceful silence. He finds a large pot, scrapes the pieces of pork into it, pours in a couple of cups of water, and begins measuring out the various spices fetched by Sagramore. He does, however, pause to watch Magnus for a moment, then takes one of garlic cloves and his knife and demonstrates to him how to brace the blade against a clove and give it a single blow with the heel of his palm to peel it easily.