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Tartaglia 🐳 Childe ([personal profile] misfittoys) wrote in [community profile] hydrangeabloom 2023-12-10 09:12 am (UTC)

[ Ajax listens to Zhongli's entire explanation, one hand cupped under his chin as if he is absolutely riveted to hear about the nuances of the perfect shortbread cookies (that's because he is). How does such a pure person even exist in today's modern age? ]

Not at all. Though I wouldn't be surprised if you told me you didn't add sweetener to your tea.

I was just thinking you'd be the kind of guy who likes—

[ Ajax puts a finger to his chin as he tries to think of some the names of the food at the local bakery next to his house. While it's true that he had enough handle of the Liyue language to blend in enough outside of a slight rural Snezhnayan accent, the finer points of the culture were still things that he was getting used to. And that included some of the local specialties. ]

Mooncakes with salted egg custard and lotus paste. Yanno, something refined and cultural that has been passed down from generation to generation. Shortbread cookies is just so cute in comparison.

It's almost like you're letting me in on a secret guilty pleasure.

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