No, not particularly! But everyone seems to be taking this conflict quite seriously, so I'm a little nervous as a Meridian...
[ even as Rudbeckia speaks, empty words meant to dismiss the matter, the Communion tells a different story. for all that her aimless but intense fear of others – the certainty that anyone, at any time, might harm her – is enough reason for her to be afraid of Zenites, who might decide they have reason enough to kill her without hesitation... the specific incident that Diluc's question calls to mind is one that took place on a sunny day, behind a library in the Akadimaïkós district of Springstar.
the memory is of a face familiar to Diluc, too. through Ruby's eyes, Kaeya does not look quite as he would see him: his presence is cold and dangerous, his face shadowed, eyes sharp and fixed on her like a predator's gaze. he leans into the larger frame of Amos Burton, the two of them playing at a lover's tryst with their show of intimacy, and yet Ruby can only see them as monsters looming over her. Amos, his smile like a knife and his low voice a clear threat: Did you have someone to tell? that same threat matched in Kaeya's focused stare, despite his friendlier smile and honeyed words: Of course, if we misunderstood you, then now will be the time to let us know.
and Rudbeckia, who Diluc knows through their connection did nothing wrong, was only in the wrong place at the wrong time, begging for their mercy with sweeter words. the alarm sounding in her mind, one singular thought that she was certain of, her breathless terror and despair and desperate survival instinct—
They're going to kill me, and there's nothing I can say to make it stop. ]
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[ even as Rudbeckia speaks, empty words meant to dismiss the matter, the Communion tells a different story. for all that her aimless but intense fear of others – the certainty that anyone, at any time, might harm her – is enough reason for her to be afraid of Zenites, who might decide they have reason enough to kill her without hesitation... the specific incident that Diluc's question calls to mind is one that took place on a sunny day, behind a library in the Akadimaïkós district of Springstar.
the memory is of a face familiar to Diluc, too. through Ruby's eyes, Kaeya does not look quite as he would see him: his presence is cold and dangerous, his face shadowed, eyes sharp and fixed on her like a predator's gaze. he leans into the larger frame of Amos Burton, the two of them playing at a lover's tryst with their show of intimacy, and yet Ruby can only see them as monsters looming over her. Amos, his smile like a knife and his low voice a clear threat: Did you have someone to tell? that same threat matched in Kaeya's focused stare, despite his friendlier smile and honeyed words: Of course, if we misunderstood you, then now will be the time to let us know.
and Rudbeckia, who Diluc knows through their connection did nothing wrong, was only in the wrong place at the wrong time, begging for their mercy with sweeter words. the alarm sounding in her mind, one singular thought that she was certain of, her breathless terror and despair and desperate survival instinct—
They're going to kill me, and there's nothing I can say to make it stop. ]