He knows that neither Harrow nor Gideon thinks highly of the man. Listening to Lady Pent, Lan Wangji wonders for a moment if it is similar to how he knows others have regarded him-- unsocial, cold, unfeeling, overly concerned with discipline. The once-perfect disciple of Lan.

He tries not to let the complexity of his emotions wash over and drown him at the thought, and pushes it aside.

"Thank you," he says, accepting. It is not excessive to have only two, he thinks. "He was not the cause of your ... state..., was he?"