[ the Harbingers find it easy to send Childe places. he doesn't need much to make trouble, and if sending him off on missions here and there kept him out of the pathway of the other Harbingers, then they were all the better for it.

Pierro had a plan for him, even if he hadn't divulged much to Lumine – it had something to do with the course of his Fate. ]

If Qixing starts a protest – and they've tried, if politely – they'd be met with a few unhappy Snezhnayan loaners. Sometimes I think that the boring things like finance talk better politics than battle, but if it were up to me, I'd much rather the Tianquan send someone after me. It might actually be fun.

[ though Ningguang would try something, he was sure of that.

then, he sounds a little darker. ]

She left Fatui recruits in the Chasm after I left, you know. She doesn't think that she'll need them eventually, but she will.

[ there is a war coming, they all know that. perhaps Childe is chaffed because it was, in a way, his own fault. or at least, Ningguang had made it out that way. in reality it was the combination of outstanding political climate, and Ningguang's rage toward the Fatui.

the switch flips, and he smiles again. ]

So, it's my turn now, why were you sent here?