It is Zizhen's fault it's hard to understand Jingyi. There's about ten points he's making at once. Only about two manage to get fully voiced enough to make sense, but it's everything. He's devastated by Yuan's abuse and how close he came to never getting out of that horrible life. He's distraught with this new knowledge Hanguang Jun and Wei Wuxian even had a son that they were mourning and never spoke of. It would've been so easy for them never to have found each other. How had fate worked it out that Jin Ling would come up with such a bizarre plan and feel so utterly alone to try it?

He runs his sleeves over his face wiping away tears. "R-really? You'd do that? You'd go check on him? I know it's silly with his uncles there and I know they're going to take care of him but.. Zizhen, please? Would you tell him how sorry I am? You know, if.. he doesn't know.." He drops his head against green robes and starts sobbing again. He loves his friends! Both of them! He already loves Yuan as well and he just met him.

He doesn't mean to be such a chore. He closes his eyes and a rush of criticism from his father and Lan Qiren flow back through his mind reminding him how 'un-Lan-like' he was. Even crying like this was against who they were. Never mind that emotions can get unbalanced with a concussion. Instead, he just holds his best friend tighter.