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Try to bus: get revived; Try to hide: get mcmurdered

Who: sensitIV + Visitors??
Where: sensitIV dorms
When: Night of 365/366

[We tried so hard and got so far but in the end half of us still got murdered.]

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No, as part of the agreement. I do not doubt the strength of your mother if she has defeated him once already, but you should protect for the retaliation against her and this Shrike person as well.

Since if he does desire vengeance and your unit is off limits, that will likely be his next target.

I, ah, know the situation is somewhat complicated already - their unit and his had a non-aggression pact, but I don't know what this situation would do with it.

...my mother would not, ah, approve of me doing that. She would, ah, understand my intentions, but would not be happy about it cutting off her own avenue with him. Or how she, ah, might deal with him.

You think so much of other's autonomy and so little of your own.

[what is a bodily autonomy, can I give it away as a bargaining chip]

...I, ah, was also a courtesan, so...

[he knows what he has to bargain with.]

You were a courtesan.

And you are no longer responsible for the safety of your village. Though I understand wanting to protect your unit, but they too have their own autonomy.

Just like you are granting your mother to choose her path, is this really what you would choose for yourself?

[wow. just laying it out like that. wow.]

...I think this is, ah, the best I can manage, under the circumstances. At least under these terms I don't have to be with him all the time...

[ Just laying it all out like that...

Rubs the bridge of his nose ]

As this is only a temporary arrangement, I will not try to change your mind. All I ask that you think about what I've said.

We all need not be so eager to give up everything we have. After all, that is not fair to ourselves.

[lowers his eyes.

but what if you don't know how to do anything else?]

I will, ah, consider it...

Thank you. Did you need me to look over anything else?

[shakes his head] That is, ah, all, I think...

But, ah...what may I get you, in exchange for your help?

You healed myself and my friends numerous times, and I have no doubts that we shall be in need of your aid again.

What makes you think that my services are not already paid for?

I, ah, charge for my healing, so...

Did you?

[ Cuz Zhongli certainly doesn't remember paying... ]

The, ah, last time, you paid with a favor...

When I, ah, asked you to make certain that you and your unit sought healing when it was needed.

Which is still to my benefit in the long run.

Do you get paid?

For, ah, healing in general, or...?

For any service you provide.

Healing is the, ah, only one I charge for.

I see.

I will keep that in mind for any further transactions we have.

Did you, ah, think that I charged for others...?

I think your good nature lets payment slide when it is inconvenient for the other person. Which in and of itself, is not necessarily a bad trait.

It, ah, isn't as though I make a contract with them, so...

Nor would I suggest you not help those in need if that is in your nature.

That still doesn't mean that you should not be adequately compensated for your efforts. The two are not mutually exclusive.

I, ah, see...

At the very least, I hope you consider it.

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