[ Vex does not know Jin Guangyao, would no doubt be surprised that the serpent man she cajoled into dancing with her at the masquerade was the person to hurt Lan Xichen do deeply.

And he is hurt. He has ever been straight forward with Vex’ahlia, and she has never heard such depth of feeling before in his voice. ]

I’m sorry to hear that.

[there is history, here, unspoken. After a moment:]

It’s hard....to forgive when trust is broken. Assuming you would even want to, or that they deserve to be.

What did they do?