Something like that. I'm not sure anyone knows for sure, [Well. Zhongli might but Childe never asked him] but legend has it they were a distant race once.
[HELP WHAT IS THAT THING. Childe watches it curiously, more or less unfazed because he sees weird shit all the time.
Would Lavi let him shoot it down if he had his bow... asking for a friend...]
Best case scenario, that would mean they're not here, right? [Like. He's not gonna try to be super genki optimistic or anything, but it is a possibility.]
You're telling me! Last year, he snuck onto a boat and sailed all the way to another country just to come find me. I nearly had a heart attack when I saw him there.
[WHERE DOES TEUCER GET IT FROM surely it's not from Childe's relentless spoiling.......]
Also he looks INCREDIBLY PAINED. Maybe he should start wearing a tracker... but no, then Teucer would follow him around even more...]
He didn't. A friend of mine [Traveler would not call him a friend but they're not here to argue about it] ran across him by chance, and brought him to me.
[UH....... YEAH..... SCOLDING....... HE DEFINITELY DID THAT.........]
Ahaha... enough... [LISTEN,] I wrote to my parents as soon as he was on the ship home, so I'm sure they'll keep an eye on him for a while. If nothing else, my little sister won't let him out of her sight.
Yeah. It's pretty loud when we're all home. [Which doesn't happen often and hasn't for a while, but. He's not going to get into that.] I travel a lot, so I don't see them as much as I'd like. I try to send them souvenirs when I can.
[He wonders if the package he'd put together will get sent out or not, now that he's supposedly dead. Hm. Let's not think about that either.] If we actually can get out of here, I think I'll skip bringing them anything from this place, though.
[iT'S FINE. WE'RE SWERVIN. Childe is not used to having trauma (narrator voice: this is not true???) so he's just compartmentalizing.]
Mm, maybe. I'll have to change a few details, but that's easy. [It's what he does all day every day with KIDS... if there were actually kids here his attitude would be very different but teenagers are kind of /waggles hand. You gotta be the right kind of teenager to trigger big brother mode...] What about you? Any siblings?
["the right kind of teenager" u mean a cutie....... why do we only have (checks list) feral kids. lavi shakes his head,]
Just me and my Gramps. [thinks about how lavi's origin story hasn't been revealed for 12 years] Left home when I was six to become his apprentice and never looked back. Home's wherever we're traveling to next.
[hoshino will betray me eventually but that's for later]
[HSDKJGHKSG HELP at least he's already succeeding... damn though I can't believe the Tsaritsa is holding Lavi's backstory hostage.
He just shrugs, though.]
It depends. Some were raised Fatui, but others join later on. Older recruits can still climb the ranks if they're ambitious, but that's pretty rare--many of them don't work as soldiers, though they're all trained regardless.
[Not that Childe spent that long as a grunt himself, but, y'know]
[As if that's explanation for anything??? It kind of is though actually. It's fine
Also, HAHA... WHAT A QUESTION.]
It's a little complicated, but... we're currently in a very long one. [SOMETIMES... WAR GOES ON FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS...] We do serve Her Majesty in other ways, though. It just depends on what she needs.
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[He looks at the object with interest, though.]
A golem? [He's immediately imagining something this enormous]
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lavi opens his hand, and the tear-shaped object opens its BIG GOLEM EYE and it's BIG GOLEM WINGS -- and floats above Lavi's head. ]
It's supposed to let me contact my comrades and do a bunch of other stuff, but all it does is follow me around now.
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Would Lavi let him shoot it down if he had his bow... asking for a friend...]
Best case scenario, that would mean they're not here, right? [Like. He's not gonna try to be super genki optimistic or anything, but it is a possibility.]
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at that, Lavi looks surprised, as if the thought hadn't even occurred to him.]
I guess, yeah. [...] We bring our golems on all our missions. So if they bit it during a fight, then maybe Golem would know.
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But he nods, taking that in.]
Do you each have a personal one? [Like is this Lavi's Special Golem or]
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Yup. They're all different shapes, and they each have a tracker. That's how mine follows me around.
[also kanda's golem is in love with him and allen gets a super cute golem since he's the MC but lavi's is just Normal, thank god.]
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How old is he? [he hovers his hand around like five year old height] This small?
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Anyway, proudly:]
A bit bigger! He's eight, almost nine. [Genshin will never confirm so I can say whatever I want]
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Eight! He must be terrifying. [(affectionate)] I know I definitely was.
[did lavi also wander out of adult supervision and talk to strangers, yeah]
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[WHERE DOES TEUCER GET IT FROM surely it's not from Childe's relentless spoiling.......]
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Okay, that definitely beats anything I've done. [he's laughing,] I followed Gramps to a couple of war zones before, but he was always around.
[says lavi, unaware that it's basically war all the time in genshin.]
Maybe your brother's got a tracker on you? How'd he know where to find ya?
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Also he looks INCREDIBLY PAINED. Maybe he should start wearing a tracker... but no, then Teucer would follow him around even more...]
He didn't. A friend of mine [Traveler would not call him a friend but they're not here to argue about it] ran across him by chance, and brought him to me.
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Terrifying and lucky. How hard did you scold him?
[thinking of his gramps punching him in the head]
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Ahaha... enough... [LISTEN,] I wrote to my parents as soon as he was on the ship home, so I'm sure they'll keep an eye on him for a while. If nothing else, my little sister won't let him out of her sight.
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lavi squints at childe for a second but he doesn't know enough about him to assume extremely doting older brother]
You've got a big family, huh? [wonder what that's like...] Must make trips back home real fun.
[childe go visit your family]
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[He wonders if the package he'd put together will get sent out or not, now that he's supposedly dead. Hm. Let's not think about that either.] If we actually can get out of here, I think I'll skip bringing them anything from this place, though.
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lavi laughs, though it's a few shades of wry]
S'not exactly kid-friendly, huh? [those fcking UNIFORMS!!! DANGEROUS!!!] At least you'll have some fun stories to tell 'em.
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Mm, maybe. I'll have to change a few details, but that's easy. [It's what he does all day every day with KIDS... if there were actually kids here his attitude would be very different but teenagers are kind of /waggles hand. You gotta be the right kind of teenager to trigger big brother mode...] What about you? Any siblings?
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Just me and my Gramps. [thinks about how lavi's origin story hasn't been revealed for 12 years] Left home when I was six to become his apprentice and never looked back. Home's wherever we're traveling to next.
[hoshino will betray me eventually but that's for later]
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AND HELP WHERE IS LAVI'S BACKSTORY it's gonna get released the same time we find out Childe's older sibling's names]
That doesn't sound bad. [Lavi literally mentioned war zones like ten minutes ago] I started serving Her Majesty when I was 14.
[So not nearly as little, but still kind of a kid.]
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STOP YEAH IT WILL TSARITA WILL SHOW UP BEFORE HIS BACKSTORY, also it's fine the war zones were the fun part (?)]
Do kids usually enter the service at that age?
[he knows realistically that there are no Limits in War, but still... fourteen... baby]
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He just shrugs, though.]
It depends. Some were raised Fatui, but others join later on. Older recruits can still climb the ranks if they're ambitious, but that's pretty rare--many of them don't work as soldiers, though they're all trained regardless.
[Not that Childe spent that long as a grunt himself, but, y'know]
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So it only took you ten years?
[THAT'S PRETTY QUICK? to go from soldier to childe's very long and fancy title]
What do the Fatui do? Have you been in a lot of wars?
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[As if that's explanation for anything??? It kind of is though actually. It's fine
Also, HAHA... WHAT A QUESTION.]
It's a little complicated, but... we're currently in a very long one. [SOMETIMES... WAR GOES ON FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS...] We do serve Her Majesty in other ways, though. It just depends on what she needs.
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