I'm not wrong. [ He thinks he can get off easy. To be fleeting and slip between the cracks of this newly built foundation. It'd be cruel to ignore it, but Venti looks down to Zhongli and thinks of what the people of Liyue saw – of a dead Rex Lapis.

It was only after having experienced the fear of losing him did things begin to click.

He gulps at the lingering uncertainty, but the tenderness he shows ushers him away from olden times. Venti works best working towards a future while honoring the past, after all. ]

You? Plain? If you believe you're capable... [ But, Venti as impulsive. He can't just wait for an answer – ] It doesn't matter... whatever you want, I think... hm. I'm fairly certain I want it too, Zhongli.