[the swing of their hands makes him smile, feeling a sort of innocence he hasn't felt... ever, but it's nice to dream of it, to think he might have been so innocent once. but he was always a spy, a traitor, and everything ugly that went along with such roles. there's only one dumbass willing to love a guy for that ugliness, and he's standing right next to him. and kaeya will make damn certain to protect him from anything that trust entails.]

The bonfire... somehow showed all happy past and future memories. So I sat by one and watched for a while.

[he thinks back to all the memories the bonfire stirred up. he'd been so content. he could have sat there watching them all night, lost in his nostalgia.]

Diluc ran into me then and sat down too. [there's a hint of a wrinkle at his brow and a bit of a self-deprecating laugh.] Ah- I might have misstepped in sharing those memories. And it only got worse. We talked about... that night. And here I am.