[Diluc is quiet for several moments after that reveal, carefully processing the information and how he wants to respond to it. His immediate reaction is a rather simple realization: so that's why the anger felt so familiar. After that, however, his thoughts quickly jumble. Luckily, he has the distraction of pouring and steeping their tea to buy him a bit of time as he takes the time to untangle them.]
Speaking as someone who lost his father because of someone else's mechanisms... I can understand his anger toward you, if he truly believes that to be true.
["Someone else" is rather understating it, but this isn't the time or place to get into Snezhnaya and the Tsaritsa and her Fatui. Really, this is a big enough admission as it is. And it's one that he wouldn't give without the foundation of their relationship so far--and the fact that Barok is also being open with him.]
By "sent his father to the gallows," you mean to say you're the prosecutor that convicted him?
[He can't think of another way for that to mean, off the top of his head.]
And it seems like emotions have a lot more power here than either of us are used to. It's a dangerous precedent, what's happened with him.
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Speaking as someone who lost his father because of someone else's mechanisms... I can understand his anger toward you, if he truly believes that to be true.
["Someone else" is rather understating it, but this isn't the time or place to get into Snezhnaya and the Tsaritsa and her Fatui. Really, this is a big enough admission as it is. And it's one that he wouldn't give without the foundation of their relationship so far--and the fact that Barok is also being open with him.]
By "sent his father to the gallows," you mean to say you're the prosecutor that convicted him?
[He can't think of another way for that to mean, off the top of his head.]
And it seems like emotions have a lot more power here than either of us are used to. It's a dangerous precedent, what's happened with him.