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[luminate]

[ with a pang, she is reminded of his confession, of what he admitted to her so nonchalantly in the pool hall. that night may have ended in a drunken haze, but she did not forget. though she does not bring it up, either. ]

Is there any better way to grill a fish?

[marmoris]

Haha, that's what I like to hear!

[ There is now a montage of them building a fire on the beach and cutting open the fish. They sure smell weird and look weird inside, but this is apparently not enough to convince Childe not to roast them over the fire. So they have a nice line of fishies hanging over the flames, cooking up nice while the sun begins to set on the water.

It's a warm, comfortable scene, and Childe wears a smile that reaches his eyes as he crouches in front of the flames. ]

It didn't look like any of them had any kind of venom in them, so we should be safe to eat them. Probably.

[luminate]

[ love to see a montage!! lumine is clearly not afraid to get her hands dirty with the fish, and she knows her way around it as well, slicing and gutting like a pro. she's lost count of how many times she's grilled fish in the wilds.

she sits in the sand beside the fire, and the fish smell surprisingly good as they slowly roast. his smile is contagious. ]

Probably. Well, I've certainly eaten strange looking things before.

[ she's been to a lot of worlds.. ]

[marmoris]

Once it's all carved up, it'll look like any other fish meat, anyway. Which one are you going to try first?

[ He reaches over the fire to poke the big one with the teeth. ]

I'm considering this one myself. He was a fighter.

[luminate]

[ HMM. she points to the blobfish. ]

That one. I'm really curious about the texture. Though I want to try them all.

[marmoris]

He does look like he'll be rather...chewy, doesn't he?

[ They should be almost done by now! Childe begins the process of untying the fish so they can skewer the meat onto sticks they sharpened into kebabs. A little seasoning or some veggies would be nice, but it's not as though he came out here today expecting to be cooking on the beach. ]

At least if one of them is poisonous, as long as we both try all of them, we can die together.

[luminate]

[ ah.. he's such a romantic. ]

Wow.

[ if only she had access to her protag bag of holding, full of so many delicious ingredients and spices.. ]

Well, I'm told it isn't permanent here, anyway. I can't really understand that.

[marmoris]

I heard something to that effect as well...apparently in the last game, there were several deaths among the inmates, but they all came back. Difficult to wrap your mind around, isn't it?

[ It's something he hasn't really attempted to grapple with yet himself. He had a way of pursuing death like its his prey, a thing to outwit. What does it mean if you can just...come back? ]

[luminate]

More than difficult. It hardly makes sense at all. Maybe death simply isn't real, here.

[ maybe they aren't true deaths, but what could she possibly know about that? ]

[marmoris]

Death is the only guarantee in life. To take something like that away, our Warden would need to be even more powerful than the gods themselves.

[luminate]

[ she plucks up one of the skewers at last - the meat seems as done as it's going to get. ]

Maybe she is. But that shouldn't stop us.

[ lumine, after all, has fought a god before. ]

[marmoris]

[ It APPEARS cooked, even if the meat of these fish is still kind of a weird color. Oh, well, salmonella, here they come! ]

Stop us from what?

[ HOW DID THAT GO FOR U LUMINE ]

[luminate]

[ I MEAN, IT TURNED OUT FINE... I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RAIDEN SHOGUN!! don't look at her about miss heavenly principles ]

Trying to leave. Trying to stop her. Unless you want to stay here, but I imagine you have plenty to return to.

[marmoris]

Of course not. But that won't stop me from making the most of being here, either. Think of how much stronger we'll be, when we return to Teyvat.

[luminate]

If it sticks. I was told that time here is.. odd. Teyvat stands still while we linger here.

[ which is.. a consolation more than anything else. ]

But I hope you're right.

[marmoris]

[ He'd heard that, too, and if it's true, that makes him even less in a hurry to get back. ]

When have I ever been wrong, comrade?

[ That's rhetorical question. ]

[luminate]

[ she just. gives him a glance. then bites into her skewered fish.

at first she pulls a face because the texture is pretty chewy, but then.. hey actually it tastes pretty good. she's like that meme, you know the one. ]

[marmoris]

[ I KNOW EXACTLY WHICH ONE

Childe follows suit, biting into the blobfish meat on his skewer. ]

Huh...not what I expected, but it's pretty flavorful.

[luminate]

[ she takes another bite, and lumine can't help but smile. this is the most normal she has felt since arriving here, and it feels so good. she could almost pretend they're back in teyvat. ]

This was a good idea.

[marmoris]

[ Her smile makes his chest feel light and airy, only serving to burgeon his own. ]

Yeah...it was, wasn't it? We should make a habit out of this. That is, if you're not sick of me already.

[ He's kidding, of course. No one could ever get sick of him! ]

[luminate]

Well..

[ she begins, teasing, then takes another bite, finishing off her first skewer. ]

I suppose it wouldn't be too terrible to do it again.

[marmoris]

Don't sound too excited about the possibility. It might go to my head.

[luminate]

We can't have that.

[marmoris]

[ He flashes her a grin, before sticking the second kebab in his mouth. It's also pretty good! In fact, as it turns out, all the fish are quite delicious, despite their looks. Cue another montage of them exchanging flirts quips and chatting while finishing their meal, all while the sun goes down.

Once they're done, Childe leans back on his hands and sighs. ]

So long as we don't drop dead in the next few hours, I'd say that was a huge success.

[luminate]

[ inhaling deeply, lumine casts her gaze up to the darkened sky, to stars she does not recognize, but that is nothing new to her, either. how many different skies has she seen? ]

So far, so good. I feel fine. Who would have thought they would be so delicious?