"Yes, but it is not as if you have chosen to leave your duties behind. They would understand that." Wangji does his best to soothe.
"It would take some explanation but I would understand, I think." The explanation had better be a very good one, but eventually they could get there.

The smile is a familiar and loved sight. Lan Wangji smiles back, a little more open than perhaps seen before.
"You do much more. Had much time passed there since you boarded the train? My own world seemed to have moved by mere hours."