[ he says with a bit of a wry smile, looking down at the seagull - it lifts its head briefly to regard zhongli and then decides this is acceptable, laying back down. ]
...I'd have to agree. [ you could almost forget. almost. ] Though perhaps that is merely the whirlwind of events that led to this point that makes it feel so far away. As if it occurred minutes ago, and hours ago.
[ rather than, you know. dismissing the seagull as just a set piece. he'll let the seagull enjoy its snooze. ]
The blink of an eye, yet such a distant, fleeting sensation. [ agreeing, lightly, as he continues to look upwards. ] Perhaps something of an eye of the storm - we have made it through to the center, now, where all is calm and quiet.
anyway. he listens to this - taair likes the way zhongli talks, as ancient and wise as you might expect from a god- and then nods. ]
That's an apt descriptor. [ the eye of the storm, huh. ] ...we still have yet to know what 'expulsion' truly means. Though... I have a guess, and it is not a pleasant one.
[ he... hesitates, a moment, but taair is no child. ]
I have my own suspicions, as well. Were it simply exile, I would have fewer concerns - but to say expulsion, it does not tell us what actions are being taken.
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[ he says with a bit of a wry smile, looking down at the seagull - it lifts its head briefly to regard zhongli and then decides this is acceptable, laying back down. ]
...I'd have to agree. [ you could almost forget. almost. ] Though perhaps that is merely the whirlwind of events that led to this point that makes it feel so far away. As if it occurred minutes ago, and hours ago.
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[ rather than, you know. dismissing the seagull as just a set piece. he'll let the seagull enjoy its snooze. ]
The blink of an eye, yet such a distant, fleeting sensation. [ agreeing, lightly, as he continues to look upwards. ] Perhaps something of an eye of the storm - we have made it through to the center, now, where all is calm and quiet.
[ but there's still the storm surrounding them. ]
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anyway. he listens to this - taair likes the way zhongli talks, as ancient and wise as you might expect from a god- and then nods. ]
That's an apt descriptor. [ the eye of the storm, huh. ] ...we still have yet to know what 'expulsion' truly means. Though... I have a guess, and it is not a pleasant one.
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I have my own suspicions, as well. Were it simply exile, I would have fewer concerns - but to say expulsion, it does not tell us what actions are being taken.