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[The sheer, unfiltered delight in Eunie right now, Dan Heng.]

Haha, that's awesome! You guys are able to sort out your shit in this life, cheers!

He likes you a lot too, y'know. The guy really wanted to put in all the effort to get to know you. I mean you you.

[yes she will spill this tea.]

I think that is because we've been able to have an opportunity to talk about it.

[And in this life, Dan Heng got tired of being scared by unhinged stalkers. There'd been one before Blade, and he didn't want to feel that loss of control again.]

Yes, I... got that impression fairly quickly. He's not as subtle as he thinks he is. The dog tail just softens the intensity in a strange way.

I'm still figuring out who I am.

The tail's a real dead give away, innit? It's cute. I told him I'll be rooting for you, so I'll tell you too. You got this, love.

[There's... a delay actually. At that last thing he said. It struck a chord in Eunie. She didn't realize just how deep this was for Dan Heng, but she's felt that a few times. Learning she lived and died once as Eunie, but not as this Eunie.]

I mean... you're Dan Heng, right? Whoever you were before isn't you. Not anymore.

I think someone told me that before. A couple times, maybe. That "you could build yourself however you like." Or that "you write your own story now." I'm still trying to figure it out too. It's easier when it's simple like it sounds... but it's not. I kinda get it, at least a little.

You're right, it's quite endearing. And... thank you.

[Dan Heng feels something... ease a bit to have someone say the obvious. The simplicity of it is validating, in a weird way. Or perhaps it's just weird to him.

Nobody here looks at him and sees Dan Feng first. Nobody here expects him to be Dan Feng, or even the previous Dan Heng. He still feels their shadows over him, the countless Imbibitor Lunaes before him making it an ever deeper darkness to overcome. But... there's a star to keep him company and a solid foundation of stone to keep himself steady. Maybe he can add a clover to keep in his pocket for luck.]

Sometimes it's difficult to keep that in mind, but it helps to hear that from you, Eunie.

Sounds like something my cousin would say. I'm fairly certain he did say that, actually. It's simple in concept and words, but very difficult to act on. There are... too many memories, I suppose.

[There's a little bit of a delay before another text comes in.]

You're Eunie.

I don't know if that helps, but who you are now is the person I see first.

[Eunie didn't have her other selves casting such a dark shadow. But she still wondered about them. Who they were. What they went through. The friends she made that she didn't expect to ever see again but whose memory she still held dear. But that was by her choice, not a desire to be someone she wasn't.

Even if this Eunie... was a lot weaker. She had people to rely on here, so maybe that was okay.]

Yeah, it was him that told me that. And when he did I remembered someone else saying something kinda like it. It really had me thinking, you know? It was true both times. I like to take things at face value, and you can't really get more simple than that.

Especially with how Zhongli likes to go on and on.

[She loves him, really. A short delay of her own.]

You know? It does. Thanks.

[He kind of smiles a little. A win for Eunie.]

Yes, he does like his tangents. Even in letters he was like that, though a bit less than how he can get in person.

I feel like when it comes to situations like these that are complicated, a simple solution is the best course of action to take. It helps to keep the focus on what's important.

[Dan Heng is a little worried he might've overstepped, but he's glad to see that might not be the case.]

You are welcome.

If you need someone to remind you, my door is open.

[Given how little he sleeps, even the weird times of the night will likely get a response from him.]

Exactly, you totally get it. No sense in getting everything muddied up if it don't need to be.

[She even fell into that string. Of dwelling on every what if possible and losing herself to fear.

She laughed to herself. Bleh, what a Taion move her brain pulled last month. If he ever showed up here he better not say shit about that or she'll have the arsehole's head. But well you tend to not be yourself when backed into a corner.]

Hey, right back at you.

[Oh he will be given shit about his sleeping no matter how sweet she was being now. The reckoning cometh, Dan Heng.]

[Dan Heng's reminded of March and the Trailblazer, in a way. It's... comforting.]

Thank you.

[And he means that sincerely.]

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