[Aether smiles a little more, as if encouraged by the other's expression. Then he shakes his head.]
She's not here. She's back home, where she should be. [It's better like that. He wouldn't want more of his friends suffering like this. Experimented on, tormented with thoughts of what else might happen to them. The less people experience it, the better, though, it actually makes anger boil in his blood that anyone has to experience this at all.
But Liyue... Yes. They should talk about Liyue now.]
It's a nice place! They have a lot of seafood dishes so I think you would like it there. The sea looks especially nice during the Lantern Rite. It's a celebration when countless lanterns are set free into the sky carrying the wishes of the people and their glow reflects in the water below.
[He plays the scene over and over in his mind and it seems to calm him. Even if he won't see it again, he's still so glad he was able to witness it.]
comes back to this after a long time, sorry for the delay!
She's not here. She's back home, where she should be. [It's better like that. He wouldn't want more of his friends suffering like this. Experimented on, tormented with thoughts of what else might happen to them. The less people experience it, the better, though, it actually makes anger boil in his blood that anyone has to experience this at all.
But Liyue... Yes. They should talk about Liyue now.]
It's a nice place! They have a lot of seafood dishes so I think you would like it there. The sea looks especially nice during the Lantern Rite. It's a celebration when countless lanterns are set free into the sky carrying the wishes of the people and their glow reflects in the water below.
[He plays the scene over and over in his mind and it seems to calm him. Even if he won't see it again, he's still so glad he was able to witness it.]