[As upset as he is- he knows and trusts Zhongli. And more important, he understands the limits of gods - even his own. ]
...Mm. Don't think I could forget this even if I wanted to.
[The burden of this memory would be a heavy one, even if its important. He lets out a breath as he crosses his arms. The air is cold enough that it's visible in the air]
The priests with the Orden always taught me not to have emotional attachments. I can't say any of my memories of them are fond. [They were obstacles to completing his missions, after all. For as long as he could remember, it was drilled into him day after day] And yet, seeing a place that's so reminiscent of the chapel in such a state, with those people frozen ... there's part of me that wishes I could check on them.
[He's aware of the irony of it all. They raised him not to care, and were the ones responsible for all the damage onto him that he had only begun to assess thanks to his exposure to people he met on the outside. And yet here he is, still feeling empathy.]
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...Mm. Don't think I could forget this even if I wanted to.
[The burden of this memory would be a heavy one, even if its important. He lets out a breath as he crosses his arms. The air is cold enough that it's visible in the air]
The priests with the Orden always taught me not to have emotional attachments. I can't say any of my memories of them are fond. [They were obstacles to completing his missions, after all. For as long as he could remember, it was drilled into him day after day] And yet, seeing a place that's so reminiscent of the chapel in such a state, with those people frozen ... there's part of me that wishes I could check on them.
[He's aware of the irony of it all. They raised him not to care, and were the ones responsible for all the damage onto him that he had only begun to assess thanks to his exposure to people he met on the outside. And yet here he is, still feeling empathy.]