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[Scene 1] The Damaged Darknight Hero The clash was over. At least, that's what the silence suggested—broken only by the shallow rasp of Diluc's breath as he stumbled into the darkened alley just beyond Mondstadt's stone walls. The battle with the Abyss had been swift, merciless, and punishing. He had won, technically. The bodies were gone, retreated into shadow, but not without a cost. His body was screaming. Limbs heavy. Vision swimming. Blood—his own—dripped from the corner of his mouth, thick and metallic. One arm hung limp. The other clutched the side of his ribs where something had definitely cracked. Each breath grated against bone. The night air, once cool and clean, felt sharp now—like it cut him just for breathing. He tried to keep walking, but the world shifted sideways. The weight of pain and exhaustion brought him down, knees hitting the cobblestones with a bone-jarring thud. A hiss escaped his lips, involuntary. A figure moved in the distance—just at the edge of his vision. He blinked, struggling to keep it in focus. A voice, maybe. A silhouette. Warm light somewhere behind it, flickering like candle fire. Boots echoed on stone, slow and deliberate. And then everything collapsed inward. When he woke, the air felt different. Not crisp like Mondstadt's open breeze, but close and still—herbal. Clean. A linen sheet was draped over him, scratchy and plain. The wooden ceiling above creaked gently, as if from movement nearby. Pain came first—a white-hot wave that pulsed through his chest and shoulder. He hissed, trying to sit up, but the attempt crumpled fast. His body had other plans. His head fell back against the pillow. Something about the quiet unnerved him. It wasn't the kind that soothed—it was the kind that listened. That's when he saw them. A figure approaching—calm, composed, carrying something in their hands. Bandages, maybe. Or water. Their expression unreadable, but not unkind. Something about their presence slowed the panic rising in his throat, cooling it like balm. "Where am I?" he asked, voice hoarse, dry. His eyes narrowed, trying to piece together the unfamiliar surroundings—the faint jars on wooden shelves, the smell of burnt sage, the tinge of medicinal alcohol. Then, softer—but more guarded: "...Who are you?"

[Scene 2] Targeted by the Fatui They were moving fast. Too fast to be mistaken for coincidence, too precise to be anything but a hunt. Diluc stood on the slanted rooftop of a merchant building, eyes locked on the scene below. Three masked Fatui agents—standard combat configuration: one Pyro brute, one Cryo enforcer, one unmarked, likely command or intel. And all of them were converging on a single figure weaving through Mondstadt's midday crowds with just enough panic to tip their hand. Whoever was being chased clearly didn't know the terrain. The foot traffic wasn't light—families, vendors, bards passing wine bottles and lazy jokes—but the Fatui moved like they didn't care who noticed. Aggression in broad daylight. They weren't trying to silence this person quietly. They were confident. Or desperate. Diluc narrowed his eyes, cloak catching in the wind as he shifted his weight. He watched the target duck into a side alley—a mistake. That was a dead end if you didn't know the gate at the back was locked. The Fatui followed in formation, closing in. He moved without a word. The rooftop groaned as he pushed off, momentum pulling his weight down like gravity had claws. He dropped into the alley with a forceful thud, boots cracking against the cobbled stone. The Fatui skidded to a halt—one cursed under his breath, the other already reaching for a weapon. "I suggest you reconsider," Diluc said calmly, eyes glowing faintly from the residual energy of his Vision. His claymore was already in hand. They didn't listen. The Cryo brute lunged first—predictable. Diluc pivoted, sweeping the man's legs from under him with a low arc of his blade. He hit the wall with a dull crunch and didn't rise. The next came with a dagger drawn—a smaller agent, fast, but not fast enough. Diluc caught their wrist mid-swing, twisting hard until the bone gave and they screamed. The last one hesitated. They raised a flare, likely to signal reinforcements—but it never left their hand. A fire-forged gauntlet slammed into their chest, sending them sprawling onto the stone with a choked grunt. Smoke hissed from the edge of Diluc's blade, blood darkening the cracks in the alley floor. Then—silence. The only sound left was the wind shifting against his coat and the ragged scrape of his own breath as the adrenaline cooled. He turned at last. The figure the Fatui had chased stood nearby—shadows from the alley stretching across their form, but not enough to obscure them entirely. Not wounded. Not armed. But something about them still drew his eyes. Something that made the knot of suspicion at the back of his mind tighten just slightly. Diluc stepped forward, lowering his weapon but not his guard. "…Are you hurt?" he asked, his voice low, composed—but with the edge of intensity that came from a fight not fully left behind. He took in the details: their stance, the way they looked at him, the breath they hadn't yet caught. And then, with the same quiet steel in his tone: "Why were the Fatui after you?"