[diluc's gaze flickers to the side over to kaeya, trying to just...gauge his vibes right now, because they are so different from how they were in mondstadt, diluc wonders just how long kaeya's been along and trying to survive. but this sort of... vulnerability makes it easier to like they used to be. perhaps not exactly like how they used to be - he doesn't think they can ever go back to exactly that - but close enough that diluc doesn't feel tense around him now, knowing that kaeya hasn't actually changed in the least.

he doesn't want to push, but something has hurt kaeya deeply (other than himself 😬), and he's itching to know who and how. and if he can get his hands around that person's neck (again, other than himself).]

How long have you been away from Mondstadt - from Teyvat, exactly?

[he corrects himself, as he knows the kaeya he knew was in sumeru and would have been gone for some time. he wonders for a moment how that works - perhaps time simply works differently. he wouldn't be surprised. if resurrection from the dead can be a thing, surely time warps can too.]

--I haven't, no. [he was too busy looking for a shirt.] But we can worry about that once we arrive at your home.