“Ah—we meet again, comrade!”

Childe felt a jolt of amusement, watching as the traveler registered his voice and warily glanced around the plaza in search of him.

When that familiar gaze did eventually land on him, the harbinger ensured that he appeared as nonchalant as possible.

This encounter was purely happenstance, after all! He certainly hadn’t spent the past ten-minutes-or-so tailing anyone through the port city of Liyue Harbour, upon catching sight of a familiar face across the boardwalk…

…Ahem.

Leaning a hip against the staircase balustrade, Childe stood with his ankles crossed and a fox-like grin splitting his face. He raised a gloved hand in greeting, cocking his head to the side,

“Y’know, I was just thinking about you the other day. It sure has been a while, huh?”

While attending to some mundane matters beyond the thrilling duties of a Harbinger, the last thing he expected was to run into a dear friend; but he’d be the biggest fool in Teyvat to not take this golden opportunity that’d (unknowingly) presented itself to him.