and sweetest in the gale is heard

Xiao freezes. His gaze flickers towards the obstructed balcony. “You planned this," he accuses. There is still the window, he supposes, but he doubts the Anemo Archon simply forgot about its existence. It being left open is in equal measure a gesture of good faith and an unspoken challenge. He doesn't think he could live it down if the god of songs waxes poetry about his embarrassing escape.

He sits down.

Venti just laughs at his scowl and raises his hands in surrender, "you've caught me.” Then, his expression sobering, “I think it would be good for you to have someone to talk about your…past experiences with. Someone who understands the weight of what you were made to do."

“You need to learn to stop making everyone else’s business your own," Xiao tells him flatly.Or, Xiao gets bullied into therapy, accidentally incites a riot, makes bird kebab, and gets harassed by extroverts that want many conversations. Precisely in that order.