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—You already make me happy. What are you saying? That you'll come with Haruki and I?

I want to stay with you. [ but, oh, right… haruki. ] Is he going to be coming to our version of Teyvat or… [ because he could only join them after he’s seen her majesty’s goal to its end. ]

[ he shakes his head ]

He's not abandoning his people. Sumeru doesn't have an Archon without him.

…I can’t abandon her Majesty. I need to fulfill my duty to her, but then… maybe after that. Will you stay with me until then?

Are you asking me if I could stay with you before going to Haruki?

[ his cheeks color and he turns his head aside. ] Yes, …yes I am. I made a promise to the Tsaritsa, so I can’t abandon her or her dream, but after… I can do whatever I want, and I don’t have to worry about my mortality. I’m sure the world of Teyvat will flourish under her love [ or freeze over, tbh she can do what she wants. ] so I can join you both.

I still have things to do in our world.

So before making plans you should know we may be directly opposed. ...And that you may also forget me once we return.

What sort of plans do you have?

I am definitely destroying Dottore and Pierro.

And I have my debt to Lesser Lord Kusanali and the Traveler to repay. So you can imagine it's going to be difficult with you still being so loyal to her.

…if you always had these kinds of plans, then no matter what I decided we were going to end up on opposite ends of the battlefield.

[ if he plans to take on dottore and pierro, then… he can’t imagine this going well for him. that’s not even taking into account the other harbingers what will inevitably get involved, like capitano. ]

[ he's going to bring his arms around Childe's neck, pulling him a little closer ]

I'm not going to die. But are you really so surprised by it? I always said I was going to take my revenge.

And if you do die… [ his ears are pinned back and he looks worried. mochi, do you know what you’re trying to do? ]

I won't.

I'm not on my own this time. But I won't object to it if you decide to deflect and join me instead, mm?

Is Haruki going to give you the gnosis?

He's offered it, but I don't want it.

I did ask him to come watch me get my revenge, but it's unlikely he'll leave his Sumeru.

I thought he couldn't leave, since he's stuck in Shouki no Kami. [ but that aside he hates this. ]

He's not stuck in here, so my plan was to have him come with me before he could go back to his world.

But like I said, I don't think he will ever agree. I do plan on extracting as much knowledge from Dottore as I can to fix that particular problem, though.

Either way, you can relax. I know what I'm doing.

...mm. [ he's almost certain one of them had said he couldn't leave the machine, but it might have been haruki. unless the both of them figured out something since then. his head still hurts and all of this is just way too much for him, so he simply nods. ] I'll try. [ to relax, that is, which is going to be an impossibility at the moment. ]

[ he turns into a fox and promptly burrows under the sheets. ]

I'll stay alive no matter what. That is a promise I made to Haruki, and it's a promise I'll make to you as well.

[ he's going to grab him from under the covers so he can place him on top of himself again ]

But it would certainly make things easier for me if you joined me instead.

[ curls up instantly. ] …of course it would be. [ drapes his tails over his own face. ]

You better not break your promise.

I won't.

[ he's going to pull those tails away so he can kiss his snoot ]

If the choice is between getting revenge and living, I will give up on my revenge. As much as it'd pain me to do so, there are things worth living for. And revenge is not that.

[ he licks at mochi’s nose. ] I can’t lose you now, Mochi, …not after everything. We can finally try being happy… [ he changes back to pin him down. ] together. [ he kisses him deeply. ]

If you still want your revenge, then after helping her Majesty… we can drag Dottore back to the other Teyvat, so you and Haruki can kill him. [ again, together. bonding!!! ]

[ he kisses him back, but— ]

It's not just Dottore. The Fatui are the one responsible for what happened to me. At the very least I have to take down Pierro too, he's the one who recruited me at Dottore's request.

I can't say my goals align with her majesty anymore, either. And I need to kill them myself. I'd let Haruki take a piece of them if he wants - he deserves it as much as I do. But it has to be us.

You get it, right?

I didn’t mean you needed to help her. I need to. Afterward I could help if you wanted, but it seems you’d rather do that on you own, which is fine… [ but he really doesn’t think it’s worth the risk. ] I get it, but we can at least see how things proceed up until that point before committing to anything like that, right? [ this is going to bother him until the decision is made, but he’s going to drop it after this. ]

[ he changes back and moves off Scaramouche, burrowing back under the sheets. ] …that should be a conversation for later besides. We still need to get out of this stupid place.

I'm sure we'll find a solution. There's no need to be so gloomy now.

... Especially since you're choosing to stay with me.

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