[ the hall of mirrors is met, at this point, with the attitude of "this may as well happen". finding zhongli there is the surprise, and when the memory begins its reflection upon the surfaces around them...
a kind god. one not afraid of bloodshed in the defense of others, but gentle and warm. the "god of contracts" had been a slight alarm, for chrono, but suddenly he understands how those binding words can be used to protect.
quietly, he approaches zhongli, raises a hand to touch his arm. for someone so long-lived, this must be even more difficult. ]
[ at least seeing xiao leaves him feeling both warmed and sad, bittersweet but proud, as the memory plays out in the ripple of mirrors. but feeling a hand on his shoulder causes him to look away, down to chrono, and...
he just gives him a small smile. ]
He is. This meeting was... mm, nearly 3000 years ago? The Archon War ended a little over 2000 years ago, now.
[ that scale of time is nearly incomprehensible to him, even as someone who had dealt with the inconsistencies of timespace before. in this case, it was a huge stretch of linear years, far beyond anything he could ever experience.
for zhongli, even, it must be a long time. but it warms his heart a little to know that at least this boy had survived along with him. ]
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a kind god. one not afraid of bloodshed in the defense of others, but gentle and warm. the "god of contracts" had been a slight alarm, for chrono, but suddenly he understands how those binding words can be used to protect.
quietly, he approaches zhongli, raises a hand to touch his arm. for someone so long-lived, this must be even more difficult. ]
...he still okay? Xiao?
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he just gives him a small smile. ]
He is. This meeting was... mm, nearly 3000 years ago? The Archon War ended a little over 2000 years ago, now.
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for zhongli, even, it must be a long time. but it warms his heart a little to know that at least this boy had survived along with him. ]
It's good that you have each other.
[ at least, he hopes they still do. ]