[ Immediately he thinks, But you might not. They might be able to stay here after everything's been taken care of, and they might be able to go home, too; but they might also go to sleep one night and find themselves somewhere else entirely, and it wouldn't be that difficult for Venti to get trapped somewhere without Zhongli. Especially without the one he knew in Tokyo-F.
...But that's not really the point, is it?
So he's going to get an arm around Venti's narrow shoulders and tug him into a side hug. ]
You're probably right. [ Soft. ] But so what? That doesn't mean you can't be upset right now.
[ Doesn't mean you can't ask for or don't deserve comfort right now. ]
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...But that's not really the point, is it?
So he's going to get an arm around Venti's narrow shoulders and tug him into a side hug. ]
You're probably right. [ Soft. ] But so what? That doesn't mean you can't be upset right now.
[ Doesn't mean you can't ask for or don't deserve comfort right now. ]
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But to worry about that constantly . . . it would certainly eat into any happiness he tries to eke out in this place. ]
Honestly, you . . . you're incorrigible.
[ . . . ]
I guess I am pretty upset.
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Anything I can do?
Apart from sit here with you, I mean.
[ Because he's committed to that much. He'll spend the rest of the night on the roof if he has to. ]
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This is good. There's not much else to be done for it, I'm afraid.
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Could whip up something in the kitchen. Or — test out animal transformation. I haven't tried bird yet.
[ You know, if you wanted company flying away from all of this for a while. ]