[ god damn is he different than xiao you got that right ]
I can't imagine tomorrow won't be... [ just like, all of the energy leaves him at this, as he trails off. whew. ] Tomorrow is going to be exhausting. There is always an undercurrent in a crowd, and this one is liable to spill over violently.
Exhausting, and arduous. To call it an eruption is apt, I think, given the personalities that make up the group. Putting all of them under pressure like this... [ seeing the way it drains jiaoqiu, he extends his hands out to him, palm up. an offering as much as it is understanding in trying times. ] But there are level heads in the group, too. The responsibility to be beared will be quite heavy, though no one stands alone in it.
Answers will be had, and we will do our best to maintain order.
[ it's just... how do you protect this many people? how do you protect people when the place you're in won't let you? it's one incident now. what if it grows?
for a moment, he doesn't give his hands over, gazing at the wall. when he turns his head to look at zhongli again, his ear flicks, and then he... hesitantly offers his own out. ]
Yes. [ ... ] My apologies. I shouldn't be so pessimistic. I will do better.
No apologies necessary, my friend. [ all he does is give one squeeze, thumbs folding over the tops of jiaoqiu's hands after. ] It's hard not to be, but... I will help where I can. Many will.
[ to remind him, or to be an extra set of hands - whether it be at his back, holding him up, or following his lead as a healer.
but they're all trapped in a cage, limited in what they can do. he hopes that it won't continue, won't escalate, lest they all find themselves being eroded until nothing is left. ]
Tomorrow, you need only ask and I will assist how I can. I know that I could ask the same of you. We will do right by Charlie and find the answers of what happened to her.
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I can't imagine tomorrow won't be... [ just like, all of the energy leaves him at this, as he trails off. whew. ] Tomorrow is going to be exhausting. There is always an undercurrent in a crowd, and this one is liable to spill over violently.
More an eruption than a spill.
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Exhausting, and arduous. To call it an eruption is apt, I think, given the personalities that make up the group. Putting all of them under pressure like this... [ seeing the way it drains jiaoqiu, he extends his hands out to him, palm up. an offering as much as it is understanding in trying times. ] But there are level heads in the group, too. The responsibility to be beared will be quite heavy, though no one stands alone in it.
Answers will be had, and we will do our best to maintain order.
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for a moment, he doesn't give his hands over, gazing at the wall. when he turns his head to look at zhongli again, his ear flicks, and then he... hesitantly offers his own out. ]
Yes. [ ... ] My apologies. I shouldn't be so pessimistic. I will do better.
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[ to remind him, or to be an extra set of hands - whether it be at his back, holding him up, or following his lead as a healer.
but they're all trapped in a cage, limited in what they can do. he hopes that it won't continue, won't escalate, lest they all find themselves being eroded until nothing is left. ]
Tomorrow, you need only ask and I will assist how I can. I know that I could ask the same of you. We will do right by Charlie and find the answers of what happened to her.