[ Zhongli agrees, and maybe it was a done deal before Vash even went and asked. whether it's something in the steady, low-burning pulse of some uneasy, heartbreaking sense of sorrow that lingers between them in their shared Communion or the ambiance of the cavern...
...it doesn't matter. Vash doesn't like it. no matter how much of that pain and grief is coming from this man, it's too much. more than he deserves, Vash is willing to wager.
his own smile is soft, and though there is a real tendril of fondness that unfurls between them, that softness doesn't touch his eyes. there is a look of... apology, instead. ]
You love your home and the people in it.
[ it's not a question. it's a statement, one that's good as fact - one Vash doesn't need to be affirmed. he knows it's true. ]
You don't really believe it's all gone, do you?
[ the trade is a simple one, even if the terms aren't necessarily spoken aloud as much as inferred: Vash will give Zhongli what he's looking for. (he probably would, even without being given the answer to the question he's asking.)
but... he really wants to know. he wants to know why someone like Zhongli is giving up the Meridian in favor of the Zenith. it's important. ]
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...it doesn't matter. Vash doesn't like it. no matter how much of that pain and grief is coming from this man, it's too much. more than he deserves, Vash is willing to wager.
his own smile is soft, and though there is a real tendril of fondness that unfurls between them, that softness doesn't touch his eyes. there is a look of... apology, instead. ]
You love your home and the people in it.
[ it's not a question. it's a statement, one that's good as fact - one Vash doesn't need to be affirmed. he knows it's true. ]
You don't really believe it's all gone, do you?
[ the trade is a simple one, even if the terms aren't necessarily spoken aloud as much as inferred: Vash will give Zhongli what he's looking for. (he probably would, even without being given the answer to the question he's asking.)
but... he really wants to know. he wants to know why someone like Zhongli is giving up the Meridian in favor of the Zenith. it's important. ]