[he isn't going to give the game away by laughing, but he does bite the inside of his lip to keep from doing so, hard. oh wow, the nerve! Lan Wangji must just be dying to know what's down there himself, huh? but he's too cautious or too rulesbound to find it worth it to just go.

(that thought stings, for reasons he refuses to examine. there's a lot of reasons for thinking about Lan Wangji to sting, anyway; he doesn't need to add another)]

Well, they've refused everything else so far that gets anyone but a Kappa nearer there, soooo that's not a surprise, ah.