[He takes a deep breath, his mind focused on how to phrase this. How to tell her what's happened to him, what Yae had pointed out...it's hard for him to discuss, and he'd much rather not. But he can tell this bothers her, and he wonders if the way she reacts to him is because of how the Lumine from ancient days sees him. If she influences Lumine's mind, to see a past lover who'd never gotten the chance to do anything more than keep their relationship hidden from the public eye, who she loved so dearly and missed desperately.

He has to take a moment, before he responds. It's a heavy question she's asked him, and it's deserving of a worthy answer. But he too, has questions of his own.]

Lumine...it's a difficult question to answer. Because I don't even know if I'm even me anymore.

[He looks away, his eyes narrowing. He thinks back to what they'd said as Childe and Lumine indulged in each other. How he was fighting Childe off, how easily he'd rushed and taken control. And how it felt like everything Childe said and thought was himself, thinking and saying it along with him. As if there were no difference between the two of them.]

It's the same for you, isn't it? We're both housing them inside of us.