[That's because savings accounts and retirement only count as treasures to us sad millennials in the future... it's fine.

Also fine is Zhongli going through the phone as thoroughly (or not) as he pleases; mostly because, even if he had snooped through Childe's messages, he wouldn't have found anything particularly exciting. Childe's been Fatui for far too long to put any trust in unsecured methods of correspondence.]

So it is! If I'd had it before Her Majesty set her plan into motion, perhaps our paths never would've crossed, you and I.

[Well, maybe that's not true. The Tsaritsa's goals are specific to their world, after all, and the gnoses are a key factor that wouldn't be found in other worlds. Still, maybe it would've meant actually involving him? NOT SIGNORA? God. (He's not salty you're salty)

Ah, but there's no sense in dwelling on what-ifs. He smiles, though his eyes are as dull as ever.]

Ahaha, please, I don't ever want to hear that word again! ["TRIALS". GOD. FUCK YOU MILES EDGEWORTH, WHEREVER YOU ARE.] You're more correct than you know. By the way, dying is only a novel experience the first time--I really don't recommend doing it twice.

[DON'T JUST SAY IT LIKE THAT.]