[He chuckles, because Lumine is right. His eyes follow her as she turns, not moving yet to join her.]

Haha, that's why I said it's a hope, rather than a fact. He knows how I am. It's up to him to decide whether or not to trust me on this.

[Though he can already see the disappointment in Aether's eyes, knowing that Childe chose power overall. But wasn't it always going to end up this way somehow, in the end? Lumine has just given him the reason and the means to arrive at it earlier than expected.]

Do you worry that he's going to be hurt to see me standing next to you like this?

[Is that why she brought it up?]