The squeeze to Klaudia's shoulder is encouraging, and the other man's sheepishness is ameliorating. Does it make her want to return this newfound politeness? Not really, but she at least considers it. He'll have to do more than that to smooth down the feathers he's ruffled.

Lan Wangji has already handled her introduction, but that doesn't keep Klaudia from glancing up at him when she hears the additional name that Nie Huaisang uses for her. She doesn't recognize that one. Should she be offended by it? He doesn't seem angry about it being used, so possibly not...

"What's guniang?" She directs the question to the stranger with only a hint of suspicion, then follows up with another: "And what do you want? You came running over here, yelling your head off... So you must want something."