"Yes." That seems sufficient enough as an answer. Besides, if the sleeper means nothing to Gideon, then Lan Wangji would like to press a bit harder on the issue. The sword came with her; she had it when they met. This spirit must be from her world as well. He frowns and plays again, adjusting the question to narrow its specificity: What is your name?

Once he withdraws his own hands, the spirit begins to respond, a longer series of notes this time. Lan Wangji's frown deepens fleetingly. "Awake remembrance of these valiant dead," he says.