[ 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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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. ]