[he'll hum under his breath, non-committal. Lan Wangji isn't actually opposed to fighting for information, though he'd stop short of torture -- for humane reasons as well as the pragmatic reasons that Matoba is citing. "do no unnecessary harm" and "don't hurt innocents" don't really apply in cases of war or sabotage, though.]

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Your thoughts on the Sutoku elders, in this?

[they've all already gotten remarkably little help from them in the matter of the Kappa so far -- though Lan Wangji's next priority is certainly to find what they think the Alliance's potential moves are.]