They did. I was doing too much damage.

[Diluc gestures to his younger self as the other steals back into the hallway. He follows after him like a tail.]

The Harbingers converged on me about four weeks from this attack. Childe was not among them yet. Were it not for someone saving me from that we wouldn’t be speaking.

[He considers speaking about the network. Instead he just nods, and says,] I’m not ready to tell the rest.

One day I will tell you. It may be in your future best interests to know.