[Thoma's intervention is enough to prevent him from being sucked into the nightmare's energy and, by extension, prevent the situation from escalating to something truly terrible. It also allows Diluc enough breathing room to get a grip. He's not used to his emotional state having such an effect on the world around him--usually, it all remains in his own head.
He'll have to be more careful with his thoughts and feelings going forward, it seems.
"Something happy" is a tall order, but it isn't like Diluc is devoid of positive emotion. There's duty. Justice. His love of Mondstadt. The promise of a new dawn. He clings to those, and it proves to be enough--his claymore glows, the color more red than what Childe and Thoma conjure, and he charges in with it to take advantage of the opening that Childe's offensive allows.
(If he weren't a Fatui, Diluc would admit to being impressed by the man's prowess.)
The noctaere had been struggling against two fully-capable opponents, and it doesn't stand a chance against three of them.]
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He'll have to be more careful with his thoughts and feelings going forward, it seems.
"Something happy" is a tall order, but it isn't like Diluc is devoid of positive emotion. There's duty. Justice. His love of Mondstadt. The promise of a new dawn. He clings to those, and it proves to be enough--his claymore glows, the color more red than what Childe and Thoma conjure, and he charges in with it to take advantage of the opening that Childe's offensive allows.
(If he weren't a Fatui, Diluc would admit to being impressed by the man's prowess.)
The noctaere had been struggling against two fully-capable opponents, and it doesn't stand a chance against three of them.]