[Huh, Kaeya and Diluc grew up together..? Hijikata didn't know that! His entire lifetime of Teyvat memories originates from entering (another timeline's) Diluc's dream during Avalon's spring equinox ritual and becoming part of his world, so he could say that he owes him, but Diluc seems like an elusive person, unlike social Kaeya, and he never got to speak to him again afterwards.

Kaeya's cheerful dismissal of the heavy topic is welcome, honestly. Hijikata worries enough as it is; he wants to at least have fun under the full moon when everything seems more simple in his mind! At the mention of Brutus he grins a little.]

Oh, he's fine. I haven't taken him out into the Segments in a good while now, and I'm not sure if he's happier for it or misses it! But he can't beat the speed and comfort of a flying mount.

[Ever since he bonded with his big white bull, Brutus has been delegated back to his usual police horse work in the reasonably horse-friendly districts. Hijikata gave up the chariot he used for a while for the most part (not least because his passengers - generally questmates who didn't know how to ride on their own and therefore couldn't take their own horse - complained about the discomfort).]