"An honor we share, I think," Laurence says, smiling slightly.

Temeraire is... avaricious in his affections. Laurence wonders if Lan Wangji has any idea at all that he and his friend are now, in Temeraire's mind, a part of his crew – or circle, at least. "He spoke quite effusively of you and the other – Wei Wuxian, I believe."