[ Blinded by his judgment? Girl just called out his blind spot after meeting him for a total of five minutes. Why yes. Zhongli's stubborn adherence to the rules was the source of his success as well as the cause of his failures. And here he was tragically without those who filled in those obvious gaps of judgement for him.
Thus Akua's candor is in equal parts refreshingly bold and also refreshingly(?) blasphemous to one as stubborn as Zhongli. Surely, not all of the Shard-Bearers here were voiding the non-compete clauses in their agreements with the faction leaders.
So if Akua's convictions are not to Meridian--- ]
It is one matter to join a cause with the expectation that its success will further improve the chance of achieving something more personal. And for that secondary goal to be the one that is paramount.
It is another to enter such an agreement with ill intent.
Therefore my next question is thus - will Lady Yima or Master Cyrus allow such a choice to be temporary? Does their graciousness know no limits?
[ As for the source of the reflection, it becomes more evident over time that all the various forms are slightly turned away from a central figure, like shadows of light splashed onto the other mirror surfaces. That single figure looms in the mirror directly behind Zhongli, because truly what is Zhongli now but a fragment of a piece that stands in the shadow of his former self. Less like a judge and more like an executioner, the reflection waits for that one final damning word to act - one cannot be punished until they first understand what they are being punished for. ]
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Thus Akua's candor is in equal parts refreshingly bold and also refreshingly(?) blasphemous to one as stubborn as Zhongli. Surely, not all of the Shard-Bearers here were voiding the non-compete clauses in their agreements with the faction leaders.
So if Akua's convictions are not to Meridian--- ]
It is one matter to join a cause with the expectation that its success will further improve the chance of achieving something more personal. And for that secondary goal to be the one that is paramount.
It is another to enter such an agreement with ill intent.
Therefore my next question is thus - will Lady Yima or Master Cyrus allow such a choice to be temporary? Does their graciousness know no limits?
[ As for the source of the reflection, it becomes more evident over time that all the various forms are slightly turned away from a central figure, like shadows of light splashed onto the other mirror surfaces. That single figure looms in the mirror directly behind Zhongli, because truly what is Zhongli now but a fragment of a piece that stands in the shadow of his former self. Less like a judge and more like an executioner, the reflection waits for that one final damning word to act - one cannot be punished until they first understand what they are being punished for. ]