That scramble to clarify does turn Lan Wangji's expression briefly fond. He strokes Danding's head between the ears with two fingertips. Xiaoxue has begun dozing atop one of Magnus' books. "If Luo Binghe cannot find it within himself to refrain from torturing people for the crime of avoiding and disliking him, then restoration is truly impossible," Lan Wangji says, a little tightly.