[he doesn't hear any footsteps leading away from the container. Lan Wangji must still be just outside...?

(he's got his back to the door, scanning both sides of the street; wary, wary. he can't afford for Wei Wuxian to be seen here and put Lan Wangji as well as himself on the bad sides of both the Department of Enma and the Sukotu Alliance alike. he can feel the ticking-down of the limited timeline before it'll become impossible to return to the Kappa, still damp, to report on the escape of the trespasser.

he stands like a rock despite the threat, waiting patiently.)]