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They stand tall, their armor clanking with every move. They tower over the flaming haired woman, their armor clanking.
“You realize you will be marked a traitor for this right?” The woman asks.
They nod their voice echoing out of their armor deep and distorted, “Yes but they lied to me, they said she would keep my illness at bay. When in reality my illness was cured long ago.”
The knight clenches their fist, metal groaning from their strength as pyro power flows through them.
“I will make them pay.”
“Patience Knight, you have another mission.” The flaming haired woman says.
She holds up a bright glowing object.
“You must keep this safe, if they get their hands on it like you said they'll try to then it'll be devastating. To all of Teyvat”
They open their metallic palm and the object slowly floats into it and they wrap their hand around it.
“I promise it’ll stay safe. But what about your nation... it needs this to survive. removing it...”
The woman with flaming hair holds up her hand and holds up another glowing object that looks exactly the same as the one in their hand.
“I used the real one to make this fake one, this one should be able to help us for a few years before you must return the original to us.”
“But the Abyss...”
“We will hold them off, the Ode will protect us.”
They nod before they look at the ground before tilting their head back to look at the large flame above their heads and the sky which is quickly darkening with storm clouds. Slowly raindrops begin to fall onto their golden visor hitting it with quiet tinkles against the metal.
They feel the woman with flaming hair slide her hand into their large metal free hand and they light close their hand around hers.
“I wish I could see you.... The true you, one last time.” she says.
They remain quiet for a moment before looking back down at her.
“We will see each other again. That's the plan.” She says it like she’s reassuring herself.
They nod before releasing her hand and stepping back, their thrusters humming to life.
“You know what you must do?”
They nod, “Yes”
The flaming haired woman backs up, “Good luck”
They nod before they crouches down and launch themselves into the air and their thrusters roar to life and they rocket away from their previous location. They draw in a deep breath as proximity alarms go off and they look over their shoulder to see the dark red energy that has shot them down multiple times in the past.
They initiate evasive maneuvers as several of them blow right past them, their sensor screaming as Teyvat tries to keep them from leaving.
They dance through the sky avoiding the energy blasts until they see their final destination, the city in the lake, so bracing themselves they stop flying and hover and turn back and let three blasts hit them in the chest.
Systems scream then silence as they go offline and their armor starts vanishing around them taking the object they’re protecting with them. Just before they hit the water words flash across her eyes.
Memory Wipe in Progress
They then smile softly as they hit the water and are knocked unconcious.