[ ...ah. laurence just watches in silence for a moment, before pulling a chair up to the bed, reaching out to gently touch his arm somewhere he isn't so torn up. ]

You know, last week, I was supposed to kill Iris at that casino? Lucas was there, too - he and Zhongli fought, and I don't even know exactly how it ended for him, except that it was bad and there was blood everywhere... [ he shudders. ] It's a miracle the ribbon Zhongli gave me wasn't soaked, too.

Lucas was still here in heaven the whole time, though. Didn't know a thing about what I was saying. It doesn't feel that way now, but it's the same for Anders.