[his side may be short, but it makes sense. it makes a hell of a lot more sense than any of the accusations the fatui were making, actually, and yanfei nods, filing that away. he is, after all, the conqueror of demons, not the conqueror of humans.]
Hmm... actually, we may want to visit the ruins first and foremost. If your encounter with them there was the catalyst for these accusations, there was likely something going on there that they want covered up.
[she can just imagine it, really. if xiao hadn't been a vision wielder, they probably would have tried to kill him then and there, or had some sort of "accident" befall him on the way back to wangshu inn or some such thing. if he was a normal human, he could have been added to the ranks of those who disappeared after getting on the fatui's bad side.
but he's not, and so silencing him through their usual methods wouldn't have worked. hence the accusation.]
I imagine they were hoping to remove all traces of what was going on there while you were entangled in all of that nonsense. Let's not give them the opportunity.
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Hmm... actually, we may want to visit the ruins first and foremost. If your encounter with them there was the catalyst for these accusations, there was likely something going on there that they want covered up.
[she can just imagine it, really. if xiao hadn't been a vision wielder, they probably would have tried to kill him then and there, or had some sort of "accident" befall him on the way back to wangshu inn or some such thing. if he was a normal human, he could have been added to the ranks of those who disappeared after getting on the fatui's bad side.
but he's not, and so silencing him through their usual methods wouldn't have worked. hence the accusation.]
I imagine they were hoping to remove all traces of what was going on there while you were entangled in all of that nonsense. Let's not give them the opportunity.