[He's grateful, he thinks. Even if a part of him still wishes he was alone, bloodied and broken. Maybe then he'd have the presence of mind to pull himself back together, become Lavi again for the rest of the world. how quickly that mask unraveled, how easily he'd let it.

He keeps following, eye mostly focused on the ground, following Childe's footsteps. He's thinking very hard and also trying not to, so the answer slips out automatically when Childe asks]

Gregory.

[....oh. right. he follows it up with,]

We were supposed to be part of the Fatui -- new recruits. We got our delusions the same time we got our uniforms, and then we split up on different missions. Chandra and Uri to check out a meteorite, Four and me to Liyue.