[Diluc doesn't return the smile, but his expression lacks its usual severity. Much as Diluc would prefer it not be so, Tartaglia is absolutely right. This has been deeply revealing on both sides, and there's no forgetting what they saw here.
Strangely, he feels more at ease about this outcome than he would have expected. They still stand on opposing sides, and Diluc still hates everything that the Fatui stand for and have wrought. But more than anything, this experience has humanized his enemy in a way that he's not quite able to ignore. Everything about the Harbinger's choices and behavior suddenly makes sense. Were Diluc put through the same, he's not sure he would have ended up doing much differently.
At the end of the day, they're both deeply traumatized men doing the best they can with the hands they've been dealt. No secrets between them, indeed.
State secrets and intelligence notwithstanding, of course. Diluc appreciates that the two seem to be in agreement on that point, based on the quick addendum to the original statement.]
"Childe" is what you would prefer to be addressed as? Or is my intelligence incorrect in that regard?
[The question is meant to be something of an olive branch, even if Diluc sounds uncertain in his offering of it.]
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Strangely, he feels more at ease about this outcome than he would have expected. They still stand on opposing sides, and Diluc still hates everything that the Fatui stand for and have wrought. But more than anything, this experience has humanized his enemy in a way that he's not quite able to ignore. Everything about the Harbinger's choices and behavior suddenly makes sense. Were Diluc put through the same, he's not sure he would have ended up doing much differently.
At the end of the day, they're both deeply traumatized men doing the best they can with the hands they've been dealt. No secrets between them, indeed.
State secrets and intelligence notwithstanding, of course. Diluc appreciates that the two seem to be in agreement on that point, based on the quick addendum to the original statement.]
"Childe" is what you would prefer to be addressed as? Or is my intelligence incorrect in that regard?
[The question is meant to be something of an olive branch, even if Diluc sounds uncertain in his offering of it.]