Lan Wangji thinks about the question, sure that Galahad won't mind the wait. He imagines that Magnus wouldn't like this, that if he hasn't told Lan Wangji, then there is a reason for that. But he also knows how sour things can turn when feelings are kept secret, how well-meaning assumptions can threaten to break things that would have been whole otherwise. "No," he says finally. "I think not."