[ the quiet seems to stretch on for far longer than it needs to, enough that he actually starts to get a little restless. even with the shuffling of cards serving as a sort of white noise to the background of their conversation the lack of words seems almost louder even than that.
it's as he thinks that Zhongli is just going to spend the rest of their exploration staring at him that the man speaks, and while they aren't really the words he'd expected to hear there's a welling of excitement within him regardless.
but Zhongli had never agreed to it before - rather, Childe had never gotten the chance to ask him, now that he thinks about it - and he wonders if maybe this isn't Zhongli's attempt at trying to adapt to a moral man's sense of humor. ]
Be careful with your jokes, Zhongli. It's rude to get someone's hopes up, you know.
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it's as he thinks that Zhongli is just going to spend the rest of their exploration staring at him that the man speaks, and while they aren't really the words he'd expected to hear there's a welling of excitement within him regardless.
but Zhongli had never agreed to it before - rather, Childe had never gotten the chance to ask him, now that he thinks about it - and he wonders if maybe this isn't Zhongli's attempt at trying to adapt to a moral man's sense of humor. ]
Be careful with your jokes, Zhongli. It's rude to get someone's hopes up, you know.