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Giovanni strolled through the palace grounds, working his way across the gardens until he andering through the stones in front of Elder Zhongli’s wing

"Well, you sht"

He turned to his son, as sprawled on a bench, pleased to have found hiht, thank you"

"Your hu, but I’m surprised you haven’t killed her yet I tend to break huile"

"Not all of us are barbarians"

"Oh"--Lorenzo threw out a laugh--"yes we are Just because we fool ourselves with the trappings of courtly life does nota philosopher in your old age, Lorenzo?"

"Oh no" His blue eyes gleaoes buht In fact, I revel in it"

Giovanni stepped closer to his only child At one point, he and Lorenzo had been al to survive the whione such drastically different directions still bothered him

"Why do you want this elixir?"

Lorenzo’s eyebrows lifted "Ah! So Stephen did figure it out, did he? I thought he would, especially when I discovered he was here I wonder how he put the pieces together to come here It’s very curious"

Giovanni had wondered that himself, but he did not voice his suspicions to Lorenzo "How did you knoas here?"

"Oh, what’s the saying?" Lorenzo glanced over his shoulder toward the Zhongli’s guards that shadowed hirounds He sli Quan did have so Lorenzo to the island Otherwise, ould he have tempted him with Stephen’s whereabouts?

"You never answered rinned "I’ed "I’m a monstrous humanitarian?"

"Why?"

Lorenzo only rolled his eyes "As if I would tell you, Papà! What do you think? I’ue? What makes you think I even have a reason? Maybe I just want it so others can’t have it?"