Wei Wuxian crams his free hand into his mouth, stoppering the screams that comes as best he can. His vision swims when he opens his eyes again, but he presses the bandage ruthlessly to the wound in his front, determined that Lan Zhan will not witness him die yet again.

For a moment he imagines that he will hum - there has always been music between he and Lan Zhan - but the rapid breaths his lungs crave soon prove that impossible. "Awake," he says instead, biting into his fist as Lan Zhan presses a bandage to his back as well. "Who could sleep through this, Lan Zhan?"