rippled | laurence

tsun baby

That would make sense...

Do you wish to learn?

[ the question catches him off guard. ]

...Huh? You mean like how you were teaching Waner?

Mm, only if you'd want to, of course.

[ he looks unsure, but. ]

Zhongli's been saying I should learn some kind of self-defense... [ weeps in timelines. ] I guess it wouldn't hurt to try.

[ shaking ]

Mm. Even if you don't end up needing to use it here, it could be helpful back home.

Yeah. I'll be leaving the Tower eventually, so... it'll be good to know.

[ scary to think about, though. ]

You'd really teach me? Swordfighting?

Mmhm, of course. We have practice swords in our room, so it'll be simple.

Then I may as well give it a shot.

...We used to play with toy swords, when I was a kid. It might be kind of cool to learn the real thing.

Oh, definitely. It will be very... cool.

[ they seem so proud to be using hip slang. ]

[ sorry they just shared some awful memories and all but

this makes him laugh ]

Were you waiting for a chance to say that?

Of course not.

[ more quietly, like a whisper. ]

Yes.

...Very cool of you.

[ they're so funny. ]

[ YIPPEE ]