<blockquote>Nie Mingjue opened his mouth, closed it again. He couldn't be sure, but he thought Lan Xichen might be smiling. Fascinating as that thought was, it was derailed by another, far more powerful realization: He understands. He's like me. He needs to explore.
The drop changes both surveyor and navigator. What else can we expect, we who send them into darkness, to explore unknown worlds?
- Lan Yi, from the introduction to Planetfall and Rise: An Exploration of the Surveyor-Navigator Bond.</blockquote>
