[ and what's one or two days of slacking off from work, right? surely, he's done something similar before; truancy can be quite common to those in higher positions, after all.

but he does have a point. she doubts that his tsaritsa will keep him in snezhnaya while the rest of the harbingers are sent off to different regions in teyvat. it's a typical move for someone who wishes to dominate the entire continent and control every aspect of it. there will only be certain instances or scenarios where he will need to return to the archon's side. ]

Mm, I don't expect anything to develop at the moment, anyway.

[ and those that will soon have already been put into place, the cogs of her plans already moving and turning even before he's joined their side.

she glances at him over her shoulder, a mild expression on her face. ]

You will not falter, will you? Simply because I've sent you back to your beloved Archon.