It's better to try and be polite, to try and not be tense and uncomfortable - both because he is a Sect Leader and because he is speaking to someone who is so intrinsically linked to his brother that it would be painful not to.
He's already been scolded once by Wei Wuxian for speaking unkindly to Lan Wangji. He's not interested in a second attempt.
"I'd be happy to join them when the time comes that I am more educated," he nods, expression still tight. He wants to know more, if only to ease his own discomfort. It feels ridiculous to have such an intense, petty desire, but learning and letting himself adjust has been something that allowed him to come further as a clan leader.
"... The spider." Was it possible for his jaw to get any more tense? Spider, like his mother. A constant haunting that he can't get over, that he can't ignore, and he breathes out sharply. "A spider that makes clothes?"
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He's already been scolded once by Wei Wuxian for speaking unkindly to Lan Wangji. He's not interested in a second attempt.
"I'd be happy to join them when the time comes that I am more educated," he nods, expression still tight. He wants to know more, if only to ease his own discomfort. It feels ridiculous to have such an intense, petty desire, but learning and letting himself adjust has been something that allowed him to come further as a clan leader.
"... The spider." Was it possible for his jaw to get any more tense? Spider, like his mother. A constant haunting that he can't get over, that he can't ignore, and he breathes out sharply. "A spider that makes clothes?"