I wished for power, actually. Any kind--I'll take whatever makes me stronger. I wasn't too attached to it, though; if I can't get it here, I'll just find new ways to get it at home.
[Hence why he didn't care all that much if this was a trap, or a lie. He was more interested in the opportunity to fight against strong opponents with unwavering ambition, which isn't at all what he got here. Disappointing.]
Her Majesty's goal is even more ambitious than my own. I can't serve her the way I would like to if I don't offer her all the strength I possess.
[Which is entirely true, and there's genuine respect in his voice when he says it. He serves the Tsaritsa willingly, no question.
...]
Also, I have a bone to pick with a certain Archon.
Oh, your soon to be spouse. [ yeah eternally funny actually ] So that's the sort of relationship you have.
[ after a moment, he laughs. ]
It really pisses me off how similar we are, sometimes. You know that? [ god. he goes to lift his glass to clink it to childe's, though. ] Aside from the fact that you've styled yourself some sort of supervillain.
It's far more complicated than that, but I won't bore you with the details.
[Sometimes you're sent to a country to conduct a huge operation to steal their god's source of power, and then that god makes friends with you while totally pulling your strings without your knowledge and doesn't even fight you about it. It's fine.
He grins at that, though, clinking back.]
You're a little more prideful than I am, but I suppose that's no surprise now. [Haha... Avatar jokes. God. ALSO HEY--] I have not! I'm only kind of a bad guy, you know.
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No okay.]
I wished for power, actually. Any kind--I'll take whatever makes me stronger. I wasn't too attached to it, though; if I can't get it here, I'll just find new ways to get it at home.
[Hence why he didn't care all that much if this was a trap, or a lie. He was more interested in the opportunity to fight against strong opponents with unwavering ambition, which isn't at all what he got here. Disappointing.]
Her Majesty's goal is even more ambitious than my own. I can't serve her the way I would like to if I don't offer her all the strength I possess.
[Which is entirely true, and there's genuine respect in his voice when he says it. He serves the Tsaritsa willingly, no question.
...]
Also, I have a bone to pick with a certain Archon.
[FIGHT HIM ZHONGLI!!!!!!!!!!!]
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[ after a moment, he laughs. ]
It really pisses me off how similar we are, sometimes. You know that? [ god. he goes to lift his glass to clink it to childe's, though. ] Aside from the fact that you've styled yourself some sort of supervillain.
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But he snorts.]
It's far more complicated than that, but I won't bore you with the details.
[Sometimes you're sent to a country to conduct a huge operation to steal their god's source of power, and then that god makes friends with you while totally pulling your strings without your knowledge and doesn't even fight you about it. It's fine.
He grins at that, though, clinking back.]
You're a little more prideful than I am, but I suppose that's no surprise now. [Haha... Avatar jokes. God. ALSO HEY--] I have not! I'm only kind of a bad guy, you know.
[DON'T JUST SAY THAT]