His first suspicion on receiving the unusual tea service had been that somewhere the all-too-persistent Aes Sedai was trying her tricks again, seeing as how she had sent refreshments to Wei Ying before. Apologizing to the stranger in the silence of his mind, Lan Wangji rises to his feet and offers her a formal bow.

"It was kind of you to discern the matter," he replies. He can practically hear his brother and feel his patient look, and thus continues, "Would you wish company?"