... you already know who I am. I am Zhongli, a traveler. I suspect your question is more what I am... which is an answer that will no doubt bring further questions before it is understood.
[There's too much to explain, really. Why he's like this, why he's really here. Some he's not even at liberty to explain, but there's a significant huffed sigh as Zhongli stops his tail, curling it around his feet and resting more comfortably. As he considers his words, he sends more soothing sensations along the connection to Dohalim, hoping that whatever circumstance he's in will take long enough that he's done with this conversation before the Renan tries to find him.]
My intentions are to assist his Lordship in any way that I can. He and I have a contract, such that I may help spare him from further pain; he knows what I am. I want the same as you all do, I imagine.
... to that end, I should not be missing overlong.
[It's a lot harder to read him like this than in his human form, at least when he's not in motion.]
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[There's too much to explain, really. Why he's like this, why he's really here. Some he's not even at liberty to explain, but there's a significant huffed sigh as Zhongli stops his tail, curling it around his feet and resting more comfortably. As he considers his words, he sends more soothing sensations along the connection to Dohalim, hoping that whatever circumstance he's in will take long enough that he's done with this conversation before the Renan tries to find him.]
My intentions are to assist his Lordship in any way that I can. He and I have a contract, such that I may help spare him from further pain; he knows what I am. I want the same as you all do, I imagine.
... to that end, I should not be missing overlong.
[It's a lot harder to read him like this than in his human form, at least when he's not in motion.]