[Even just watching on a screen, it's still a little disorienting to see someone's life playing out, but this doesn't look overly personal or embarrassing, so he watches with curiosity. It's pleasant, really--even from just the screen, he can pick up on the triumph, not to mention the shocked delight of reuniting with a loved one.
He can't help a laugh, at that parting shot--he looks amused even as the video ends.]
[ it's a rare show of strength from someone who has been - well, mostly just a giant nerd, here. a flex of the prime minister instead of the kind teacher.
as the memory fade away, lu bixing glances down at his own hands and exhales. it's a little shaky, and childe's comment gets him to laugh, once, soft. ]
I don't know, to be honest. I'm sure they didn't. It's a bit anticlimactic that I died almost right after.
...But I was so tired of being taken advantage of. The Eighth deserves so much better than the Union. It served them right, as a parting shot.
but. he gives childe a little smile - grateful, maybe, that he even gave him the polite option. lu bixing's not afraid of it, though, so. he doesn't seem to mind. ]
We did. At least... I think so. It's a little hard to tell. We were in the Heart of the Rose, together, and that's the last thing that I remember. Wormhole travel is dangerous - it could kill anyone, at any time, and we'd only barely gotten any sort of a handle on it, back home.
... There is one discrepancy. [ lu bixing says, and for the first time, his voice quiets as he looks down at his hands ] ...He was, to me, dead. For seventeen years. We had only just reunited, before we both ended up, here.
Just the one we saw in the bar. But Gideon mentioned that Harrowhark's last memories don't match hers--ah, don't mention it to them, I don't know if she's said anything to Harrowhark. [And Childe is not a trustworthy man, but that doesn't mean he goes spilling everyone's secrets freely either.] As for me and Scaramouche--he claims he's been a Harbinger even longer than I have, but I don't remember him at all. For me, this place is the first time we've ever met.
It's an odd pattern, isn't it? [Yeah the pattern is we're all mean and pick the most painful canonpoints we can think of]
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He can't help a laugh, at that parting shot--he looks amused even as the video ends.]
I bet they didn't like that, did they?
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as the memory fade away, lu bixing glances down at his own hands and exhales. it's a little shaky, and childe's comment gets him to laugh, once, soft. ]
I don't know, to be honest. I'm sure they didn't. It's a bit anticlimactic that I died almost right after.
...But I was so tired of being taken advantage of. The Eighth deserves so much better than the Union. It served them right, as a parting shot.
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He's quiet for a minute, looking like he's debating whether or not to speak--but eventually he does.]
You don't have to answer if you don't want to, but... did you two come here together?
[He's asking if LJH and LBX died together, but he's trying to be polite about it because he knows it's an invasive question.]
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but. he gives childe a little smile - grateful, maybe, that he even gave him the polite option. lu bixing's not afraid of it, though, so. he doesn't seem to mind. ]
We did. At least... I think so. It's a little hard to tell. We were in the Heart of the Rose, together, and that's the last thing that I remember. Wormhole travel is dangerous - it could kill anyone, at any time, and we'd only barely gotten any sort of a handle on it, back home.
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And yeah he can be a good boy sometimes, when he feels like it. He nods, taking that in.]
I suppose there's always risks you can't prepare for. [...] Say--do you know if his memories match yours? There aren't any discrepancies?
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... There is one discrepancy. [ lu bixing says, and for the first time, his voice quiets as he looks down at his hands ] ...He was, to me, dead. For seventeen years. We had only just reunited, before we both ended up, here.
...Did you see one of his memories?
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Just the one we saw in the bar. But Gideon mentioned that Harrowhark's last memories don't match hers--ah, don't mention it to them, I don't know if she's said anything to Harrowhark. [And Childe is not a trustworthy man, but that doesn't mean he goes spilling everyone's secrets freely either.] As for me and Scaramouche--he claims he's been a Harbinger even longer than I have, but I don't remember him at all. For me, this place is the first time we've ever met.
It's an odd pattern, isn't it? [Yeah the pattern is we're all mean and pick the most painful canonpoints we can think of]