[ Zhongli looks between the two Johns, one eyebrow raised in confusion. It feels like he is missing some important piece of the puzzle in their communication. That there is some understanding passing between the two that is sailing right over his head. Alas, it's not the first time he's felt like this nor will it be the last, so he dismisses it as unimportant for now.
He considers asking John the Emperor if this was a training room of sorts. Either that or a guardian set up to protect something of importance. Zhongli cannot imagine why else John would know how the room and the creature works, especially if it sounds like a construct of his own design. But that also seems less important than puzzling out the mystery of what the constructs from John's home were doing in this dreadful place. Again, something to save for later.
Which leaves Zhongli's final course of action to re-form the shield around John the Emperor once more. Perhaps it would be a useless endeavor if John knew the inner workings of the room and the beast, but certainly it could not hurt. And if John was incapacitated - well that certainly would be disastrous for John the Archivist and himself to be left dealing with the creature blindly. Practical, sure. Let's call it that. ]
Then we shall follow at your behest. Do be careful in the event that Aetos has left any other surprises.
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He considers asking John the Emperor if this was a training room of sorts. Either that or a guardian set up to protect something of importance. Zhongli cannot imagine why else John would know how the room and the creature works, especially if it sounds like a construct of his own design. But that also seems less important than puzzling out the mystery of what the constructs from John's home were doing in this dreadful place. Again, something to save for later.
Which leaves Zhongli's final course of action to re-form the shield around John the Emperor once more. Perhaps it would be a useless endeavor if John knew the inner workings of the room and the beast, but certainly it could not hurt. And if John was incapacitated - well that certainly would be disastrous for John the Archivist and himself to be left dealing with the creature blindly. Practical, sure. Let's call it that. ]
Then we shall follow at your behest. Do be careful in the event that Aetos has left any other surprises.