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"Long time no see, xiansheng," Childe greets him. "I was just in the area. Thought I'd drop by."
“I am flattered. You are always a sight for sore eyes,” Zhongli says.
Childe's expression shifts, the smile turning into something closer to a grimace. "I wouldn't be so sure about that."
He kicks himself off the wall, rolling gracefully around on the balls of his feet, coming face to face with Zhongli.
His jacket is new. High-necked and long-sleeved, and buttoned tightly up from top to bottom even in the Liyue heat. But the most glaringly obvious addition is a piece of deep red-and-gold cloth running over the left half of his face, extending from the edge of his jawline and across his eye, disappearing under his fringe.
“A little gift from the Pyro Archon,” Childe says, tapping the fabric. “Natlan didn’t go quite as I had planned.”
___Written for the ZhongChiLi Mini Bang! A close brush with death in Natlan leaves Childe scarred and questioning his life choices. When he returns to Liyue to talk things through with Zhongli, Zhongli welcomes him with open arms, scars and all, determined to show Childe he is still whole.