Don't lie to me, Master Diluc. You've kept secrets from me since you arrived back. I've indulged them, in the hopes that perhaps you would at least still seek my counsel if you needed.

But just as I know you weren't having an enjoyable time in Snezhnaya, you can't honestly claim you've been nothing but honest with me.

[ maybe he should leave, this isn't the sort of conversation that leads to an uneasy impasse. and yet, he was here first. still, his smile drops from his face, all the same. ]