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shiftingwinds) wrote2021-02-07 06:22 pm
shiftingwinds) wrote2021-02-07 06:22 pmEntry tags:
[7rings] catchall for childe
i'll make this pretty when i know more about childe why am i canonblind to so many people in this game
shiftingwinds) wrote2021-02-07 06:22 pm
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but unfortunately, shi qingxuan is emotionally intelligent and can tell that he doesn't seem like he wants to talk about it.]
Well, I admit I don't necessarily understand all of what I just saw... but it seems like a complicated matter. [she frowns] We don't have to talk about it if you'd prefer not to.
[she won't forget it (she's not really good at forgetting things that seem important), but she can try to keep quiet about it, at the very least.]
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But he just shrugs. When he glances back at her, his face seems the same as it ever is, though his smile is a little smaller.]
It's alright. The machinations of the gods have little to do with mere mortals in the end. [Childe your Zhongli feelings are showing.] I'm just not fond of being deceived, that's all.
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her being a god probably makes this conversation a little more awkward than it would otherwise be.]
Most people aren't. [...] For what it's worth, gods aren't meant to - well. We're not supposed to deceive people.
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But he doesn't hold it against her--neither of them can help what they are, or where they came from, so. He shakes his head.]
I wouldn't dream of telling any gods or archons what they are and aren't supposed to do. [He says that in a tone that's--not quite sarcastic, but a little playful, perhaps. Certainly not serious and respectful.] But really, it's fine. To be honest, it's partially my own fault anyway. I had my suspicions, and chose not to follow up on them.
[In other words, he decided to be a goddamn idiot and trust someone for 3 seconds, and look where that got him!!!]
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[does she know who zhongli/rex lapis/whatever other confusing name genshin decides to give him is? nope! will she show up and just talk his ear off for a little while about how it's not nice to deceive mortals? yeah...]
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[she hesitates]
When you're friends with someone, you... want to trust them, right?
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I suppose. Trust is a difficult thing, though, and often leads to disappointment. [Wow, Childe. But he doesn't sound particularly angsty about it, just matter-of-fact, like it's obvious that that's the way the world works.] And he had his reasons, even if I'm not satisfied by them.
[Childe also hasn't had a friend since he was fourteen years old, if he ever had any to begin with, so. His perspective is a little bit skewed.]
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You sound like my brother.
[she doesn't mean it in a bad way, but given what they're talking about, uh, ouch? but - moving right along...]
Knowing the reasons doesn't make it hurt any less when it happens. Even if you're able to move past it - I'm sorry that you had to go through it at all.
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But he just shrugs, lifting a hand to brush the hair out of his face.]
Really, it's alright. We Fatui learn to expect these things early on. [There's a pause, but then he seems to relent a little. He isn't tsun, just--unaccustomed to this.] But--thank you.
[They aren't words he ever expects to hear again, so he'll value them accordingly.]
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You're welcome—
[but before she can get much further... childe will be slammed with a series of memories. even the ones from before she was old enough to consciously remember them come through crystal clear; she was there, after all, and the subconscious is a strange thing.
when she comes out of it, she's fallen silent and she's gone pale.]
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His face is blank as the memory ends--it takes a few blinks before he refocuses on her.]
Ah--my apologies, I should've left before that could happen.
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...it's not your fault. It was - ahaha, it's not the first time someone's seen that here, it probably won't be the last... I ought to be used to it by now.
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I'm not sure there is any getting used to a thing like this.
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