Audience: Tartaglia Childe

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[in that case, they tighten their grip slightly and sort of shake his hand around? childe!!!]

Don't say it like that's a good thing! And you better not lose anymore limbs either!

[toyska]

[STOP WHY IS HE BEING SHAKEN]

I didn't do it on purpose, but it was a fun fight...! [STOP]

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Couldn't you contain your battle lust for five minutes so you wouldn't lose a hand? [AH!!!!!! they are absolutely ignoring him saying it wasn't on purpose since he also admits it was fun.]

[toyska]

That's not why I lost it! [tbh that's probably exactly how he would've lost it if he hadn't lost it this way BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.] I lost it throwing the goat to the Marquis.

[What the fuck is White's canon]

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...you did what? [childe they have not heard anything about your adventure, please help.] What goat? Is the goat okay?

[toyska]

[LUST. PLEASE. He blinks, looking a little surprised.]

Wrath didn't tell you about it? [Because Gu Yun was on the adventure with him and gave Wrath their hat back, and if Wrath and Lust are close, he would've assumed they'd talk about it. But no matter.] Yes, it was fine. It was actually a person, or something like that, I think? I don't really know... anyway, we were trying to return its power to it, so we could get out of the illusion. We were being attacked at the time, though, so it was the best I could do under the circumstances. There was no time to run it to him safely.

[He doesn't yeet baby goats for fun, Lust, he is not that kind of maniac.]

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Well...Wrath went to see you guys pretty much right away, and then Luca died. [so lust hasn't really been that interested in talking to many people.]

The goat was a person? Like a shapeshifter? And you lost your hand because you threw it at Gu Yun? [? ? ? what the fuck actually.]

I guess if that's really what you had to do I can't blame you...what else happened in there?

[toyska]

[Correction, Wrath went to see Gu Yun right away--but Childe doesn't specify, because, yeah. Luca. Childe refuses to get attached to anyone here, because he's not an idiot, but he liked Luca well enough. His Russian-speaking buddy...]

Something like that, I think. It told us it needed its power back to get us out of there. And Primrose--well, something that looked like Primrose--attacked the Marquis, so it was up to me to get to it first. And then "she" came after me once I returned its power.

[For how shitheaded they are to each other, they actually work together incredibly well as a team. Terrible. And for all of Childe's power lust, he can see the bigger picture.

But speaking of, he reaches for the book with his other hand.]

We found a few things, while we were there. Is this Envy's?

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Sounds pretty bad. [but that's all they say before suddenly there's a book and they lean forward to look at it.]

How'd you guess? [there's a laugh.] I bet they'd really appreciate it if you gave it back to them.

[toyska]

[Naaaah. He had fun. Let him go back and fight fake Primrose more.]

I was told as much, but I wanted to confirm it with you first. [It's just habit, by now, to cross-check as much information as he can. But he nods; he'll return it, then.] Vlad had the blanket, so I'm not sure what's happened to it, but I believe the Marquis still has the figurine. Are either of those yours?

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Hm...neither of them are mine, but I think the blanket got returned already, so don't worry about that! The figurine still need to go back to its rightful owner though.

[toyska]

Is it Greed's? [A blanket seems like something Sloth would like.] Or is that something you can't tell me?

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[a shrug!]

You could always take it to them and ask?

[toyska]

[Lust please

But he just nods, giving his hand a slight tug. If he can have it back, he'll get some tea steeping for both of them.]

I will, if the Marquis hasn't done so already.

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[oh. hand! they let go.]

Sure. The owner will probably appreciate it even if they won't say so.

[toyska]

[Well, that narrows it down. But he'll start getting some black tea ready, taking a seat at the table.]

Something tells me it really is you, holding this whole group together.

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[childe has a seat and lust leans forward in theirs a little, blinking at him from under the hood.]

What makes you say that?

[toyska]

Just the variety in your personalities. It takes a strong person to maintain such a cohesive team.

[Pride literally killed Envy last week]

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We're all really different, you're right, but...some of us just know how to talk to each other better than the others. Wrath knows how to talk to Despair, Despair deals with Gluttony, and I can talk to Pride. Wrath knows how to control Greed, too, and Envy listens to me and Wrath a lot. And Sloth's just easy to get along with period.

[toyska]

[For a minute, there's a look on his face like he's debating saying something that he knows will get him in trouble. He manages to push it back, though--instead just tilting his head slightly.]

Control Greed? What do you mean?

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Kind of like how I can control Pride. [so it's just phrasing.] They're both really hard to talk to on a good day, but if you know the right things to say you can get them to agree to things.

[toyska]

[Ah, that makes sense.]

Speaking of Pride--Envy's fully recovered, yes? No further incidents?

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Yeah! Well, I dunno if Envy's been stabbed since then but they seem to be staying out of each other's way for now. And besides, you saw it yourself. He came back just fine.

[toyska]

How lucky... I wish we could do that.

[He looks so wistful... imagine how great fights would be if you could just pop back to life at the end of them... (no)]

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Immortality shouldn't be taken lightly, you know. [childe no!]