Lan Wangji is immediately certain that this is the longest speech he has ever heard Lancelot give, with very little competition for the title. He is obscurely pleased with himself for having prompted it, and he attends to every word, his gaze turning from their path to Lancelot at intervals. "Thank you," he says, firstly, because he does sincerely appreciate the explanation. "So it is partly a matter of controlling one's nerves."