She does. And I have to eat a good amount to keep up my strength.
[ being so active certainly works up an appetite! but lumine soon follows suit, casting her line back into the waters again. this was a good idea. it's nice. peaceful. ]
I'm sure your little siblings are big mouths to feed, too.
[ growing kids, after all! ]
[ being so active certainly works up an appetite! but lumine soon follows suit, casting her line back into the waters again. this was a good idea. it's nice. peaceful. ]
I'm sure your little siblings are big mouths to feed, too.
[ growing kids, after all! ]
[ lumine's expression falls, her eyes dropping to her hands, holding the pole steady. it's like a barb in her heart. she thinks of the chasm, of what she saw there in its depths, and one hand instinctively lifts to the flowers in her hair - only to find emptiness. ]
.. no, I haven't. Not really.
.. no, I haven't. Not really.
[ she knows full well that he's being genuine - for all childe plays around, he's absolutely devoted to his family, so she knows that he of all people can understand. no doubt if anything happened to one of his family members, he would become absolutely unhinged. ]
Well.. I know he's likely still on Teyvat. But he doesn't want to be with me.
[ it hurts just to say those words. lumine never thought she would see the day that she would ever say them. ]
Well.. I know he's likely still on Teyvat. But he doesn't want to be with me.
[ it hurts just to say those words. lumine never thought she would see the day that she would ever say them. ]
[ she understands how it sounds, and despite everything, she wants to defend aether. he rejected her completely, he turned his back on her to walk through that portal, but she loved him enough to chase him, she loves him enough to want to take his side no matter what. ]
I-it's..
[ she's not accustomed to that tone of voice coming from childe, of all people, and when she flicks her gaze briefly toward him, he looks so tense. she's never seen him look this way before. ]
He just.. he has - he has other things he wants to do. I'm sure.. he'll change his mind eventually.
[ hot tears prick the corners of her eyes, but she blinks them away rapidly. it's still so difficult to talk about him. ]
I-it's..
[ she's not accustomed to that tone of voice coming from childe, of all people, and when she flicks her gaze briefly toward him, he looks so tense. she's never seen him look this way before. ]
He just.. he has - he has other things he wants to do. I'm sure.. he'll change his mind eventually.
[ hot tears prick the corners of her eyes, but she blinks them away rapidly. it's still so difficult to talk about him. ]
[ the last thing she wants to do is cry, but childe's words are so.. kind, so gentle - her vision blurs, and she swipes at her eyes with one hand, inhaling sharply. ]
I know. You're right.
[ losing aether may be the single most painful thing that she has experienced, and she will do everything in her power to return to his side, but even lumine has to admit that what has come of it is extraordinary. she has never before bothered to grow close with the peoples she visited, to make friends with other-worlders - there was no reason, not when she had her brother, not when their stay was only temporary.
but things have changed. that foul goddess clipped her wings and teyvat has become her new home despite it all. teyvat, and paimon, and the people of the world.
overcome, lumine closes her eyes and briefly allows her head to come to rest on his shoulder. he's a better man than she ever gave him credit for, in some ways. but then she learned that on the day she met teucer. ]
.. thank you.
I know. You're right.
[ losing aether may be the single most painful thing that she has experienced, and she will do everything in her power to return to his side, but even lumine has to admit that what has come of it is extraordinary. she has never before bothered to grow close with the peoples she visited, to make friends with other-worlders - there was no reason, not when she had her brother, not when their stay was only temporary.
but things have changed. that foul goddess clipped her wings and teyvat has become her new home despite it all. teyvat, and paimon, and the people of the world.
overcome, lumine closes her eyes and briefly allows her head to come to rest on his shoulder. he's a better man than she ever gave him credit for, in some ways. but then she learned that on the day she met teucer. ]
.. thank you.
[ couldn't stand to see her cry - and yet it was his kindness that ultimately brought the tears. funny, how man meets destiny on his road to avoid it.
but she does not weep openly. with her eyes closed, she can better hold them back, and as his head comes to rest against her own, she feels.. comforted. secure. he smells nice, familiar for how often they have been in close quarters, and she finds, with surprise, that he feels something like home. a similar feeling she has when she's with aether.
and for now, lumine is silent, allowing the salty sea breeze to caress her flushed face, her body beside him relaxing. ]
but she does not weep openly. with her eyes closed, she can better hold them back, and as his head comes to rest against her own, she feels.. comforted. secure. he smells nice, familiar for how often they have been in close quarters, and she finds, with surprise, that he feels something like home. a similar feeling she has when she's with aether.
and for now, lumine is silent, allowing the salty sea breeze to caress her flushed face, her body beside him relaxing. ]
[ his arm coils around her, and without thought lumine finds that she is sinking into him effortlessly, her body heavy, as if a great weight has been lifted. when was the last time she allowed herself physical comfort? not since before arriving in teyvat, surely. and with childe of all people -
but then the moment is broken by the tug of a fishing line, and lumine is quick to straighten up, her soft edges gone again. it was nice while it lasted. ]
Don't let it get away!
but then the moment is broken by the tug of a fishing line, and lumine is quick to straighten up, her soft edges gone again. it was nice while it lasted. ]
Don't let it get away!
[ uwu childe it's so big
even though she doesn't have to, lumine gets to her feet also because it seems like the right thing to do in the moment, and also because it's easier to cheer him on that way. ]
Wow! It is big. And terrifying. Aren't there any.. non-horrific fish in these waters?
even though she doesn't have to, lumine gets to her feet also because it seems like the right thing to do in the moment, and also because it's easier to cheer him on that way. ]
Wow! It is big. And terrifying. Aren't there any.. non-horrific fish in these waters?
That sounds perfect. I've certainly worked up an appetite.
[ between the fishing, and the unexpected feelings jam.. she could use some food. carefully, she begins reeling in her line, before setting the pole over her shoulder and lifting her bucket. ]
[ between the fishing, and the unexpected feelings jam.. she could use some food. carefully, she begins reeling in her line, before setting the pole over her shoulder and lifting her bucket. ]
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