[There's a soft sigh of partial relief, and after another pause he's picking his way back into where he left off.] The deal itself put his godhood on the line, and somehow Her Majesty got him to accept. The exact terms were never made entirely public, but the contract roughly stated that he wished to be entirely certain that his people could survive without his interference before he agreed to hand over his Gnosis. Were he to have the need to step in and save them if they were unable to save themselves, he would come out the victor and continue to hold his power secure.

[Childe laughs before he can stop himself, a hollow sound that echoes strangely off the wide, empty halls.]

Then... Well. To shorten the length of the story, I summoned forth an old foe of his, the intent being to drown each and every last one of his precious subjects in a tidal wave of catastrophic proportions if he didn't come out of hiding to protect them.

[His brow furrows, and for a moment he actually looks annoyed.] Which he didn't do. [hey childe that makes it sound like you actually went through with killing all of Liyue]