[IT IS NOT but you know what, the main reason he's here is because Wei Wuxian told him to come and he listens to Wei Wuxian unquestioningly, so. Lan Wangji deserves this.]
I am searching for them. [He hasn't been handing out Missing Persons flyers, but he hasn't kept it a secret either.] You speak with many people. It did not seem unreasonable that you might have heard something.
[ ash would not listen to wei wuxian unquestioningly, smh. but to be fair, ash's default with wwx is to push him in the lake or try to get him out of his shop in the shortest amount of time. ]
I do speak with a lot of people, but if any of them are Maou they ain't sticking it on a banner and waving it in my face.
No one's come in and bought a book on "how to handle my brand new, asshole god given super role" either.
How, exactly? I get we're supposed to be finding them but what are they supposed to do about it? Telling us a bed time story's one thing but that ain't a magical cure all.
Ain't that the truth. By that measure, going around asking isn't going to help you much either -- if that's the general assumption, that people are just gonna start demanding stuff from them, why would anyone out them?
[ It's... a point, he thinks. He wouldn't want to be outed if he were in that position. It'd be a pain, and people's intentions aren't always good. ]
[It is a fair point, and Lan Wangji dips his head to acknowledge it. He doesn't sigh out loud, but he looks like he wants to.]
I have sought assistance from others. [So he's not like, going up to every stranger on the street and accosting them. In the end, though--] But I do not know how else to find them.
[He's not good at being stealthy, or casual, or any of those things. He has so little need for them, and he's almost always gotten his way by being straightforward and politely stubborn.]
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I am searching for them. [He hasn't been handing out Missing Persons flyers, but he hasn't kept it a secret either.] You speak with many people. It did not seem unreasonable that you might have heard something.
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I do speak with a lot of people, but if any of them are Maou they ain't sticking it on a banner and waving it in my face.
No one's come in and bought a book on "how to handle my brand new, asshole god given super role" either.
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Lan Wangji doesn't look all that surprised, though--just disappointed, in that understated way of his. But he nods.]
I see. Thank you for your time. [Lan Wangji converse with someone like a normal human being challenge]
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Why are you asking anyway? I know we're supposed to be finding them, but what's the angle?
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The dreams. [He doesn't specify more than that--everyone, to his knowledge, saw them.] I would like to ask for their help.
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[ Huh. ]
How, exactly? I get we're supposed to be finding them but what are they supposed to do about it? Telling us a bed time story's one thing but that ain't a magical cure all.
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[Well, at least he's honest. Either way--]
No progress can be made if I cannot locate them.
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[ ... huh. ] I would've thought people'd be crawling all over for information on them the second we knew we could.
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[At this point in time, Lan Wangji has no leads--that'll change eventually, but for now, he just sighs quietly.]
Their caution is understandable. But people are inclined to seek power. [And, y'know. Greed and kindness don't usually go together.]
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[ It's... a point, he thinks. He wouldn't want to be outed if he were in that position. It'd be a pain, and people's intentions aren't always good. ]
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I have sought assistance from others. [So he's not like, going up to every stranger on the street and accosting them. In the end, though--] But I do not know how else to find them.
[He's not good at being stealthy, or casual, or any of those things. He has so little need for them, and he's almost always gotten his way by being straightforward and politely stubborn.]