[Rean's reaction to that little bit of lore is widened eyes, an expression that can only be read as "yikes." Which, really, how else does one respond?]
...Goddess. I hadn't even considered something like that as a possibility.
[And now that he's heard it, it's never leaving his brain, thanks. He's pretty rightfully horrified!
But oh. Right. That man. Ugh. Does he have to talk about his sperm donor? Rean looks away, more of that anger from before washing across his features. It doesn't seem like it's something he's really in control of.]
...As for that man...
I don't know what his endgame is. At this point, it's hard for me to care. I understood his motives when he was just trying to help the commoners, I could even back him up then. But what he's been doing to expand the Empire's reach is just going too far.
[His eyebrow twitches, his lips forming the barest hint of a snarl.]
He doesn't care who he hurts, who he kills to get his way. And he's too much of a coward to even do it for himself. No, he just commands the rest of us from his throne of blood and iron, and I have to bear the blame while he touts me as some kind of war hero to our newspapers.
[Crow died to rid Erebonia of that man, and it was all for nothing. It's worse than ever, now. And sure, Elliot knows where the future leads, but Rean is too afraid to ask.
He tries so hard to tell himself that there has to be a way where things work out. But with this, it can only get worse before it gets better, and with everything here in Teyvat, besides? He's not ready to hear what the "worse" is.]
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...Goddess. I hadn't even considered something like that as a possibility.
[And now that he's heard it, it's never leaving his brain, thanks. He's pretty rightfully horrified!
But oh. Right. That man. Ugh. Does he have to talk about his sperm donor? Rean looks away, more of that anger from before washing across his features. It doesn't seem like it's something he's really in control of.]
...As for that man...
I don't know what his endgame is. At this point, it's hard for me to care. I understood his motives when he was just trying to help the commoners, I could even back him up then. But what he's been doing to expand the Empire's reach is just going too far.
[His eyebrow twitches, his lips forming the barest hint of a snarl.]
He doesn't care who he hurts, who he kills to get his way. And he's too much of a coward to even do it for himself. No, he just commands the rest of us from his throne of blood and iron, and I have to bear the blame while he touts me as some kind of war hero to our newspapers.
[Crow died to rid Erebonia of that man, and it was all for nothing. It's worse than ever, now. And sure, Elliot knows where the future leads, but Rean is too afraid to ask.
He tries so hard to tell himself that there has to be a way where things work out. But with this, it can only get worse before it gets better, and with everything here in Teyvat, besides? He's not ready to hear what the "worse" is.]