Guardia alta, he loves this. He loves this. No more, and no less, than he loves his family. Porta di ferro stretta, when you know that something is why you can be safe with your family? You love it. Even when trying to keep those other, stranger, lessons in mind. Guardia di testa, and Lan is not slow.

It's better than good. It's comforting. Spoon notes, but does not let his expression change, every time that Lan could have killed him as they pass through the pattern.

...There are more than a few.