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[ Offering his arm ]

Let's head out, then. A fresh breeze will do me good.

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[ He takes it as he has always done escorting Venti around ]

After you then.

[ And he shuts the door behind Venti. ]

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[ He starts leading them out of the hotel and into the city, pace brisk, humming some nonsense tune as they go. ]

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Did you have a particular destination in mind today?

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Perhaps I'm just seeing where our feet take us. You don't mind, do you?

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Of course not. You have been holed up for quite a while now.

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Well, with any luck, our guest star friends won't be here too much longer . . .

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. . .

There are many people from Teyvat placed among the guest stars. As I'm sure you noticed.

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[ why would you bring this up ]

I have, yes.

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[ When you've known someone long enough to pick up on the nuances of their smiles. ]

. . .

Is this something you do not wish to talk about?

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I simply find the topic of unpleasant inevitabilities to be tiresome.

[ Like demons putting their children BACK IN HELL ]

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Then yes. I doubt that they will be around for too much longer. And then you can put this whole vengeful husband business behind you.

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It's not me who can truly claim to be bothered; it's Persephone I worry about more.

He's seemingly quite invested in his own martyrdom.

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Yes.

He tried to have me help write a contract. . .

[ It was awful ]

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The original marriage contract barely warrants the name.

Was this any improvement?

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No. For the contract only would take affect once someone on SensitIV had died.

He was creating a contract for the sake of the punishment, not for the belief that the terms within would be kept.

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[ Thinks about the situation they may be walking into right at this very moment

. . . Hmmm;; ]

How foolish . . .

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What is clearly violence and coercion cannot be solved by a contract. Or at least, not any contract that I have created.

1/3

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What would you do, then? To solve this?

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[ Wait why did he even ask ]

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Let me amend: since burying him is not an option.

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Why are we taking sealing away off the table again?

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Logistical issues, mostly.

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Ensuring contingency plans in such that all of YOU-KAI's abilities can be countered by SensitIV's.

Or perhaps finding something else that Hiroto wants of equal value of using that to bind him to an agreement.