[...

Lan Wangji will nod shortly, after a brief pause. he had meant the details; but Matoba isn't wrong about the shape of the next events, at any rate.

he does have an answer to situations like this; one that's worked in the past. he'll muse on it, voice low, sounding reflective and almost as if he is speaking to himself more than to the others in the room.]

We must find allies.