[He

lifts a hand, pressing it to the back of his mouth to hide his smile.]

That's more or less what I told her, yes. [TERRIBLE.] She was very offended that I implied there was a chance she wouldn't kill me for her goals. That's the only reason we ever got as close as we did--I wouldn't have accepted it otherwise.

[Of course Childe couldn't have a normal fucking ship.

But he also doesn't know that Medb is furious at him for saving himself, so there's that]