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Aventurine He grimaces at the sight of the doll, not feeling particularly optimistic about his situation. He doesn't even know that there is someone who wants him to stay alive, in the organisation.
«Considering that it's not even for granted that the person you instructed will be able to approach the King…» He definitely regrets the moment he proposed the teapot birds to play a few games with him.

Elton. «My friend? I have a friend?» But the fact that someone did this to his son makes him calamity-level-pissed, since he is such a possessive type.
«Who is this? And how dares set foot in my territory? The only exchange that is going to happen is his life for this challenge…» He clenches his fist, but also aims to try to heal Blade with magic.

Yingxing "Oh it will reach the King's ears. He is just waiting for me to make my move, surely you told him everything." Verfall narrows his eyes. "I did it... now it is his turn." Zhongli was hoping to force Verfall to go straight to him, not expecting they'd get the chance to reach Coco.

Blade gasps. "I... was approached by them before...they wanted to recruit me..."
The wounds take much longer to fix compared to an average. "The king has to be really careful around them." H

Aventurine «What makes you think I told him something? He has stopped me from accomplishing my revenge and ruined all of my plans. I was his prisoner in the palace, you know?» He thinks it's an half truth, that Zhongli wouldn't just let him go freely, after what he tried to do.
«You really overestimate my value for the King of Lianxi.» He doubts that Zhongli will respond to Verfall's provocation.

Elton. «No wonder I didn't raise you, or I would have taught you to stab whoever tries to recruit you into something.» Not necessarily mortally, just a warning stab!!
«I will handle the matter myself, no need to involve the King.» Even just the fact Elton wants to do something in that mood is already a bad idea by default.

Yingxing "You were his prisoner or he was hiding you?" Verfall narrows his eyes. "You should never forget who you are dealing with.
What value does he give to what he took. Less than yours. He doesn't know anything." He clenches his fist.
The residence is in the middle of nowhere and escaping outside would only mean certain death due to the extreme cold. He starts to walk away, taking the new doll with him.

"I didn't...join them..." He would have had to stab Kafka too. XD
"What do you want to do?" He shuts his eyes, trying to restain his pain. "Go to tell him...and don't do anything reckless..."

Aventurine «What say you? He stopped me from trying to destroy one of his precious cities and you know what? I would have made it, had he not stopped me.» He knows that Zhongli was also protecting him, but he wants to give the impression he was just his prisoner.
«He is such a honourable type, full of all those principles and good intentions, he surely gives what he took more value than you think.» He is 100% sure that Zhongli wouldn't harm Ash.
He sighs in annoyance as Verfall walks away and decides to simply sit down on the floor, while thinking about his next moves.

Elton. «But you didn't stab them either and now here we are.» He could have stabbed Hidan, it would have been as if it never happened. XD
«I just want to reduce the fool who dared to challenge me into a miserable mound of ashes.» But considering their power, if he and Verfall fought it's more likely that everyone else around would end up hurt.