[7rings] catchall for childe

[shiftingwinds]

i'll make this pretty when i know more about childe why am i canonblind to so many people in this game

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[shiftingwinds]

...but... I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing, always, not to follow up on suspicions like that.

[she hesitates]

When you're friends with someone, you... want to trust them, right?

[toyska]

[The idea of Shi Qingxuan showing up to scold Zhongli about deceiving Childe is the funniest thing he's ever heard, holy crap. He can't help the laughter that bursts out of him, though he does press the back of his hand to his mouth, getting it under control quickly enough. BUT STILL. HILARIOUS.]

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.]

[shiftingwinds]

[she chuckles a little at that. often leads to disappointment, huh?]

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.

[toyska]

[It's fine, he doesn't take it as an insult. Rather, it doesn't garner any reaction at all, other than "your brother must've had experience in worldly matters".

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.]

[shiftingwinds]

[she smiles a little.]

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.]

[toyska]

[Ah. Hm. That was definitely a lot!

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.

[shiftingwinds]

[she shakes her head slowly]

...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.

[toyska]

[Yeah... he feels it.]

I'm not sure there is any getting used to a thing like this.

[shiftingwinds]

...aaah, there may not be. [still...] But it would be nice if it would affect us a little less each time.