[ Zhongli doesn't understand and isn't caring to attempt to listen, either, although he does notice the salacious looks in his direction... which causes him to glance around and over his shoulder wondering who they are staring at.
Zhongli is still relatively quizzical once Childe returns, but he offers a gentle smile in return to the warm one given by the assassin. As he's lead by the hand onto the boat and to the room where they will be staying, Zhongli remembers reading a story about a scenario like this of sorts— although they were lovers. It still prompts the question: those in the story eloped within three days of meeting one another, but what exactly are he and Childe? Although what Childe is doing is actually harmless from the Liyue side of things, the assassin is under the impression that Rex Lapis is going to be quite unamused when he discovers that they have both vanished and perhaps pursue. It doesn't mean Zhongli is feeling so certain about how Childe plans to deal with having him in Snezhnaya. If the Tsaritsa wanted Rex Lapis dead, her other assassins will certainly not believe (nor care, even if it were true) that he is the mafia head's twin brother. Perhaps the only option for Zhongli is to find a way to meet with the Tsaritsa herself and understand what she is truly playing at in all of this.
Zhongli will finally glance at Childe, letting his baggage down before gently tugging the other towards the bed. ] You are not leaving, are you? If you must, can you spare some time for me, first?
[ other than asking for the plush whale, this is the first time he's asking for something directly from Childe, and he hopes it's not too much. He's not afraid, but the idea of being left alone leaves him a little unsettled for some reason that he can't place. ]
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Zhongli is still relatively quizzical once Childe returns, but he offers a gentle smile in return to the warm one given by the assassin. As he's lead by the hand onto the boat and to the room where they will be staying, Zhongli remembers reading a story about a scenario like this of sorts— although they were lovers. It still prompts the question: those in the story eloped within three days of meeting one another, but what exactly are he and Childe? Although what Childe is doing is actually harmless from the Liyue side of things, the assassin is under the impression that Rex Lapis is going to be quite unamused when he discovers that they have both vanished and perhaps pursue. It doesn't mean Zhongli is feeling so certain about how Childe plans to deal with having him in Snezhnaya. If the Tsaritsa wanted Rex Lapis dead, her other assassins will certainly not believe (nor care, even if it were true) that he is the mafia head's twin brother. Perhaps the only option for Zhongli is to find a way to meet with the Tsaritsa herself and understand what she is truly playing at in all of this.
Zhongli will finally glance at Childe, letting his baggage down before gently tugging the other towards the bed. ] You are not leaving, are you? If you must, can you spare some time for me, first?
[ other than asking for the plush whale, this is the first time he's asking for something directly from Childe, and he hopes it's not too much. He's not afraid, but the idea of being left alone leaves him a little unsettled for some reason that he can't place. ]