[ zhongli also watches this exchange with a frown, startled from the bittersweet memories into confusion, then suspicion, and then -
distaste. disapproval. while he understands that the scales of a contract must be balanced, and that there are some things that will cost quite handsomely in exchange for what someone wants... they should be fair. these contracts are hardly that. they destroy lives in such a way that they would cause despair. ]
... I hope that, after this memory, you did not make a contract with her.
[The cycle of desire only begets more desire. If not from the customer, from someone who knows the customer. Get what you want, but always at a steep cost.
For people who can actually pay that cost, that is.
Firefly had nothing that matched the worth of her own life.]
She wouldn't let me make a deal.
[ Born a weapon, nothing to her name. What could she possibly hope to balance the scales with? ]
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distaste. disapproval. while he understands that the scales of a contract must be balanced, and that there are some things that will cost quite handsomely in exchange for what someone wants... they should be fair. these contracts are hardly that. they destroy lives in such a way that they would cause despair. ]
... I hope that, after this memory, you did not make a contract with her.
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For people who can actually pay that cost, that is.
Firefly had nothing that matched the worth of her own life.]
She wouldn't let me make a deal.
[ Born a weapon, nothing to her name. What could she possibly hope to balance the scales with? ]