The taxing cycle of building and maintaining interpersonal relations, among other things
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A Case Study In Human (or otherwise) Relations by t_mbourine
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
31 Jul 2024
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The man cut himself off as his eyes landed on Albedo. Although he had been the perfect picture of honed ferocity in battle only minutes prior from what little he could witness from afar (and even less so from the peak of the mountain the woman had taken him to) the young man now looked far more haggard than anything, leaning heavily on his spear for support, a dark aura emanating from him like a miasma. Albedo recalled both what he had read in preparation for this trip as well as what knowledge the Traveler had imparted to him, about the adepti of Liyue, and the lone surviving Yaksha that was duty bound to protect the nation from the festering remains of dead gods. The Conqueror of Demons, raised the gloved hand that was not already occupied with keeping himself from falling over from exhaustion, and pointed at Albedo's direction where he stood behind who he could only assume was another adeptus. “That is not a human,” he said.
Albedo distantly felt himself frown. Alright. Rude— although, he supposed, not entirely wrong.
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Albedo passes the threshold of the realm of the adepti. All this serves to do is facilitate a meeting - one which Cloud Retainer is all too willing to nudge into a tentative friendship.
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Of words scrawled on page corners by t_mbourine
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
09 Jan 2026
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He glanced at the face-down unfinished letter on his desk.
He packed it along with his notes, and a handful of blank sheets of paper.
He left for Dragonspine early the next morning, and decided, not without some great amount of deliberation, that should he be given another weeklong break, he would not be opposed to going to Liyue again.
Or,
Albedo and Xiao had an agreement. A vague one, yes, but one nonetheless—
Albedo is henceforth allowed, nay, perhaps if he were to put a stronger word to it, even encouraged to send one Yaksha of Liyue letters. Correspondence. Words from one incredibly busy person to another, just for the sake of staying in touch from a nation and a half away, should he wish to, in the endeavor of getting to know the other better.
He did.
A hand offered without any expectation. This is, at least, what he has been telling himself.
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