[Well, it seems like his words struck true, at least. He can take solace in that much, even if he's not sure what to do with all of... This now. It's not unexpected for Zhongli to take his time to explain his thoughts and feelings, to outline everything he feels, and it's not like Childe isn't unaware that being immortal, being a god, is a very different life than being mortal.
Still. Is he supposed to be happy that someone as stony as Zhongli suffers the same aches someone mortal does?
Somehow, he isn't. Maybe he's gone soft - though, he supposes with a grimace, it's not like he was always as cruel as people imagine the 11th Harbinger to be.]
Well, maybe it's a good thing you've still got a heart. Can't exactly appreciate all the beauty of the world without them right?
[He is absolutely not going to apologize for calling him heartless, though.]
But sure. We're friends. I hope you realize the honor this is!
[And, hopefully, Zhongli will see that as the joke he wants it to be. There is absolutely no fondness here, none at all. Zhongli definitely doesn't deserve any space in Childe's heart - the only space there is for his family. That's all. No ex-Archons allowed.]
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Still. Is he supposed to be happy that someone as stony as Zhongli suffers the same aches someone mortal does?
Somehow, he isn't. Maybe he's gone soft - though, he supposes with a grimace, it's not like he was always as cruel as people imagine the 11th Harbinger to be.]
Well, maybe it's a good thing you've still got a heart. Can't exactly appreciate all the beauty of the world without them right?
[He is absolutely not going to apologize for calling him heartless, though.]
But sure. We're friends. I hope you realize the honor this is!
[And, hopefully, Zhongli will see that as the joke he wants it to be. There is absolutely no fondness here, none at all. Zhongli definitely doesn't deserve any space in Childe's heart - the only space there is for his family. That's all. No ex-Archons allowed.]