[She says she believes him, which of course he also accepts without question, but she sounds angry, and upset, and Lan Xichen is no closer to understanding how he has managed to offend her by mentioning someone he thought she would want to see. Could they have had some terrible falling out? It did not seem so when Percy spoke to him. He had looked rather fond in that dream... But then, wouldn't Wei Wuxian have looked fond of his younger brother if he had managed to accidentally wound Lan Wangji somehow? He would have smiled just as much, loved him just as much, even if Wangji wouldn't forgive him.
He has made a terrible mistake. Somehow, without meaning to, Xichen has hit a nerve he never knew existed.]
Yes, I- I apologize. I should not keep you from your business.
[He lowers his head in respect and to hide his expression, voice going quiet as he steps back out of the way. He's going to have to apologize to Percy as well for this transgression.]
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He has made a terrible mistake. Somehow, without meaning to, Xichen has hit a nerve he never knew existed.]
Yes, I- I apologize. I should not keep you from your business.
[He lowers his head in respect and to hide his expression, voice going quiet as he steps back out of the way. He's going to have to apologize to Percy as well for this transgression.]