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ethan’s heistant to listen to this ringmaster. a man who clearly showcases himself above others. hell, just by the spat he had with the crazy tall bitch ethan isn’t entirely positive if he was going to be able to listen to anything that karl heisenberg says. “ you really think i’m going to listen to you when your insane siblings tried to massacre me ? “ he snaps, keeping his guard up, even if this man was giving him what he needed.

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there it is. this sort of reaction is exactly what he planned for. zhongli doesn't blame him for being angry, not one bit. from aether's point of view, it does seem as though he was only one pawn in the chess game zhongli laid out. he would not be wrong, either. from the start, aether had questions, and had made it painfully clear that he needed answers. it was then that zhongli knew there would be information aether was not meant to know– or rather, information he deserved to know, yet would be unable to hear from zhongli.

in his defense, not once had he promised that there would be answers to receive in the first place. all that was guaranteed was that aether would see rex lapis' vessel again. true to his word, aether did in fact see the vessel several times afterwards. the human one, that is, but a vessel nonetheless.

" if i had told you back then that i could not give you the information you needed, the smart thing for you to do would have been to ask around elsewhere. but you must understand that i needed your full cooperation. i could not risk losing it so early. " he is well aware of just how cruel his words seem, and his own attitude pulls his lips further down into a frown in silent self-response. there is no doubt in his mind that had he been in aether's shoes, he would be just as upset. even so, liyue and her people as a whole came before all others, it always has. even as he first started planning, he knew that if he had to pick between maintaining his personal relationships or ensuring his nation’s stability, he would not hesitate to choose liyue. this was always to be expected... but expecting something did not mean it would be easy to handle.

✧ song of achilles || ✧Accepting !!

THE TRIPS TO LIYUE ARE GETTING MORE FREQUENT.  Not excessively so, but enough to recognise the beginnings of a habit. She’s too reliant these days on the wares of the Bubu Pharmacy in order to sleep. To chase away the thoughts that plague her nightmares and haunt the only semblance of rest she cares to see. A wiser woman would of course have relied on the hospitality of family; on the healing expertise of her own gifted sister and the power of the Church’s finest medics. Yet even Jean has things she prefers to keep private.

Inconvenient though the near monthly pilgrimage is becoming, at least it affords her the luxury of Doctor Baizhu’s intellectual eccentricity. He speaks to her as if she had dared to rob him blind, a fact she is keen to remedy as she lays down the requisite mora for a transaction he should know by now is bordering on ritualistic. ❝Is that an observation or a challenge, my dear doctor?❞Jean meets his gaze with a fond quirk of her lips, amusement rife in the acknowledgment that follows before voicing her own experience in light of such a bold confession. 

tell  me  why  you  followed  my  blog  and  tell  me  what  made  you  stay.  // ACCEPTING // @unfortune​