Lan Wangji has been thinking, quietly, of the evident fact that he and Claudius were also investigating. It is difficult to know how far they got, even with Claudius' penchant for writing everything down, because it is difficult to know at which points Aornis saw fit to reach into their minds and take their memories of whatever they found. Every time he lets his mind down that path, it is a new kind of icy shock. Memories of Wei Ying, memories of Claudius, memories of Magnus. All taken, and those are only the ones he knows for certain were stolen.

He asks Magnus' question, but the answer is as he suspects it will be. "Shen Yuan doesn't know." He pauses then, and frowns minutely. The revelation of Aornis' existence answers several of their questions. Shen Yuan has a killer. Magnus was also her target. She can use coincidence to her favor, and she can take memories, which means she can touch the minds of others. There is at least one obvious loose end.

He puts his hands back to the strings, which are still alight with qi, and asks a question of his own.

A quick answer, unmistakable. "That woman is also the one who sent Galahad nightmares several months ago."