[these, at least, are emotions he understands. motivations he understands. guilt upon the past is natural, after all, even for his kind. and Zhongli, more than most...]
Your life is simply that. A life. Dwelling upon the past overlong is a dangerous thing, Dohalim.
[and again he watches, imperious, as fingers fit around the man's own neck as he sits over him. there's no danger there, either - bodies go limp in the absence of breath, and hands are no exception. the question... that question, of all questions...]
... I have never allowed my selfishness to get in the way of a contract. [there's a quiet guilt there. he wanted to, once. at least once.] If there were no other options, it would be my solemn duty to take your life myself. I told you before, did I not?
I carry the weight of my contracts, for they are a part of me as surely as the energy from which I was born. I remember all those I have entered into contract with, whether their time simply expired or I was forced to seal them away or kill them myself. That has not changed.
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Your life is simply that. A life. Dwelling upon the past overlong is a dangerous thing, Dohalim.
[and again he watches, imperious, as fingers fit around the man's own neck as he sits over him. there's no danger there, either - bodies go limp in the absence of breath, and hands are no exception. the question... that question, of all questions...]
... I have never allowed my selfishness to get in the way of a contract. [there's a quiet guilt there. he wanted to, once. at least once.] If there were no other options, it would be my solemn duty to take your life myself. I told you before, did I not?
I carry the weight of my contracts, for they are a part of me as surely as the energy from which I was born. I remember all those I have entered into contract with, whether their time simply expired or I was forced to seal them away or kill them myself. That has not changed.