vapour | LL PT. 2

I'm stuck on this roller coaster you two built whether I like it or not. If I agree to it, I might as well help.

Awwww, working together~ Don’t worry, you won’t regret it.

Well, I haven't fully committed to agreeing yet. I still don't think it's a good idea... unless you can find someone for Sam. But Sam only likes to become smitten with people he sees out of reach for one reason or another...

Find someone for him...? Like romantically?

I guess? "Someone that'll love him the way he loves them."

He's got a lot of love to give.

It's impossible, right?

Why would it be impossible?

[ sips from his drink again. ]

I think you already know why.

I think he’s a lovable guy. Doesn’t seem impossible to me.

Mm, I guess your seal of approval is worth something, but maybe it's time I stop playing you.

The reason is that Sam doesn't actually feel anything. He's more of an actor than even you.

Edited 2026-01-03 11:15 (UTC)

…I have a hard time believing that.

Hm~? Why so?

Wouldn’t he have given up on me already if he didn’t feel anything? I’m a lot of effort.

Mhm. But... as I said... you're an exception. He feels things when you're around, feels things for you. It's like those poetic lines where people say their world has no color except when they're around a certain person, you know~? That's why he's suddenly willing to fight me on finding a way back to Teyvat.

...Oh, and I might as well clarify now, too: when I said no one will ever love you more than Sam, I meant in a very different way than Miss Jem. Because Sam can't really feel, that makes you the entire world. Jem has other people she loves, in this case. Jem wins on quality, but Sam... well I guess you could say he's all in. If you ever find that in another person ... heh.

Edited (typos) 2026-01-05 04:34 (UTC)

An exception, huh?

Well, that's what he thinks, anyway.

You don't think so?

...Heh. You were a little bit nice to someone who desperately needed to be shown a hint of kindness. At best his feelings are just circumstance— anyone else, had they done the same thing for him before you, would now have Sam's affections; and he'd barely look at you. He doesn't feel anything special for you because of you.

And you...? You accept this because you're an unwilling imposter, at best— even though you like to think you're honest, you've never shown him the real you, anyway. Do you even know who you are anymore past your grand act for the world stage?

That's what you've been telling yourself for so long, already, isn't it? If it isn't, I think you should start.

...

[ the only sound that comes from his direction is the audible clink of ice shifting in his drink again the glass. ]

So...it could have been anyone?

Does that idea bother you? It works just fine for you two being friends, doesn't it? Lucky to have each other, even if had the dice rolled differently you two could have replaced one another so easily.

...Unless what makes Sam so important to you really is that unique? [ Childe's tone drips with the unspoken 'such a shame' if that were the case. ]

Of course the idea bothers me.

Isn't it better for you, though?

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