Hmm, yes, he did. Though I would later come to learn that his business wasn't exactly pressing; I had thought that switching the Cryo Archon's scepter with a hilichurl's wooden club was an act that was beneath him, but that day made me reconsider the length he would go for the sake of 'fun'...
[He says it with a shake of his head. Oh, Barbatos, his antics still confuse Zhongli to this very day. But it seems as though his story is working to help distract Trahearne, so he keeps going.]
I do not know why he chose me of all people to do so, given that the Dendro Archon would have probably been more suited to such a task and her border was not much farther than mine... Perhaps it was simply a matter of affinity. [He shakes his head.] In any case, I found myself unable to deny his request, and soon found myself with a young dragon to entertain for a time.
[And it's then that a wry grin forms on his face.]
It was during this time that I learned that I was not exactly the best suited to caring for children. Dvalin was much more childish in his youth, and I still remember seeing him flapping his wings indignantly and stomping a claw on the ground, insisting I wasn't 'playing right'. When I sought out the other adepti to ask for help with my struggles, they had quite a laugh amongst themselves.
[Even if he was considered the Prime of the Adepti, he still remembers the way Cloud Retainer, Guizhong, and Streetward Rambler giggled as they spoke of his plight. Quite the peanut gallery, indeed.]
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[He says it with a shake of his head. Oh, Barbatos, his antics still confuse Zhongli to this very day. But it seems as though his story is working to help distract Trahearne, so he keeps going.]
I do not know why he chose me of all people to do so, given that the Dendro Archon would have probably been more suited to such a task and her border was not much farther than mine... Perhaps it was simply a matter of affinity. [He shakes his head.] In any case, I found myself unable to deny his request, and soon found myself with a young dragon to entertain for a time.
[And it's then that a wry grin forms on his face.]
It was during this time that I learned that I was not exactly the best suited to caring for children. Dvalin was much more childish in his youth, and I still remember seeing him flapping his wings indignantly and stomping a claw on the ground, insisting I wasn't 'playing right'. When I sought out the other adepti to ask for help with my struggles, they had quite a laugh amongst themselves.
[Even if he was considered the Prime of the Adepti, he still remembers the way Cloud Retainer, Guizhong, and Streetward Rambler giggled as they spoke of his plight. Quite the peanut gallery, indeed.]