It takes, certainly not to Magnus' surprise, some time for Lan Wangji to arrange his thoughts. He pets Magnus' hair again as he thinks -- not absently, because he so rarely moves without intentionality, but as a counterpoint to his blank face and silent contemplation.
"If Luo Binghe is merciful to some people and cruel to others as he pleases, then I still consider him untrustworthy and dangerous," he says at length. "He told me himself that he sees no need to change." Another small pause. "The danger is present. It has always been present. I have often worried that Luo Binghe will attack Claudius again, and that I will be unable to intervene adequately. If we must all live beside a man whose blood can grant him such power over others, then our friends and family members deserve to know whose company they share.
"I have been assisting Claudius in the creation of an antidote to Luo Binghe's power. He will want to make it available to anyone who desires its protection. And I have asked Master Asmodean to step in if Luo Binghe becomes a problem again. He owes me a significant debt." He does not like Asmodean, but he does trust the power of that debt, and he trusts that Asmodean, unlike Luo Binghe, is not a danger to the people of this world. "I have regretted silence far more often than I have regretted putting my weight behind what I consider just. I advised Galahad to direct his anger not into returning the harm Luo Binghe has inflicted back to him, but into protecting and helping others."
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"If Luo Binghe is merciful to some people and cruel to others as he pleases, then I still consider him untrustworthy and dangerous," he says at length. "He told me himself that he sees no need to change." Another small pause. "The danger is present. It has always been present. I have often worried that Luo Binghe will attack Claudius again, and that I will be unable to intervene adequately. If we must all live beside a man whose blood can grant him such power over others, then our friends and family members deserve to know whose company they share.
"I have been assisting Claudius in the creation of an antidote to Luo Binghe's power. He will want to make it available to anyone who desires its protection. And I have asked Master Asmodean to step in if Luo Binghe becomes a problem again. He owes me a significant debt." He does not like Asmodean, but he does trust the power of that debt, and he trusts that Asmodean, unlike Luo Binghe, is not a danger to the people of this world. "I have regretted silence far more often than I have regretted putting my weight behind what I consider just. I advised Galahad to direct his anger not into returning the harm Luo Binghe has inflicted back to him, but into protecting and helping others."