[The worst part about Wen Ning being Wen Ning is that he's been around Wei Wuxian long enough to know all his tiny tells, which is maybe why he keeps his eyes trained on the blood pool instead of looking over even when he feels Wen Ning staring his way.

He huffs out a little sigh, fingers drumming idly against his chin.]

Mm, I figured it was something like that. [That the bodies were an important bridge or tether in some way.] If being in pieces is a problem, I can just patch them back up, anyway. [...] Not sure what to do about Shinobu's missing organs, though! That would be tricky to handle.