"Alright, Traveler, I will change your punishment shortly.
J-just don't cry, alright…? It's going to be okay!",
Was what Venti couldn't help but tell them soon enough, trying to sound reassuring,
As he was taken aback by the Traveler's whole demeanor ever since he answered their call...
...
"Venti, please, get rid of that dramatic sound you set as my punishment! I know that what I did was awful, but because of that sound, I can't even have a short time of peace and quiet...!
Upon arriving to Fontaine, I told the people that I am an ambassador from Mondstadt who was sent to help them with the blessing of the Anemo Archon. So it shouldn't be long since you start getting "Faith Energy" from the Fontanians, as well. Which will surely help you get stronger, both with your Anemo Power and Time Power. Which is already the case for Liyue, Inazuma and Sumeru people, since they are thankful to you, right...?
...Look, I know that what I did back then, having you revive me with your Time Power...I didn't realize how much it would hurt you, Venti. At the time, I only thought about getting another "Plot Armor" power and I even committed suicide right before your face…
...I will readily accept a different punishment from you, Venti. It's just, this "DUN, DUN, DUUUUUUUUUUN!" is not only getting in the way of my current investigation, but also starting to drive me mad...!"
And after frantically yelling all that out, they soon started to cry...
...
For the..."Stunt" that the Traveler pulled, they should be punished accordingly.
*And he already had an idea of what this punishment might be...~
One which is going to repeat every few minutes~
...
Dun, dun, duuuuuuuuuun!~
...
...
Seeing where they were flying at the moment, soon bound to approach the Chasm,
By now, the Traveler must have experienced quite a bit of their recent punishment.
*It would have been nice to see their reaction to the first time it happened~
...
Perhaps it was too much for them, after all...
...
...
"Uh, Venti. Can you give me some of those Time-infused items too...? I will take anything, the Anemo Sigils, the Sigils of Permission or the Crystaltears.", the Traveler suddenly said, looking and sounding a little sheepish, as well as sad, "...I will probably need those...In the future..."
Was the explanation they soon provided him,
And yet, it was as clear as day that they weren't saying something...
*Perhaps, did something happen on their way to Fontaine...?
...
-Traveler, did something happen recently...? -Venti couldn't help but soon ask, as the Traveler looked taken aback, before their expression visibly fell. Looks like he was right, something indeed happened. But what...? Why wasn't the Traveler saying anything...? And why do they look so regretful now...? -...Traveler, whatever it is that happened, it is not your fault. You know that, right...?
"...I wouldn't be so sure about that. If what happened in Fontaine is my Twin's fault, then...", they answered moments later, looking and sounding guilt stricken, before they deeply sighed, "...You probably wouldn't leave it until I tell you what exactly happened. Do you remember Charlotte, from Fontaine...?"
They soon asked him, looking and sounding mostly sad now...
*He wasn't certain why they reacted like this, but,
"Charlotte, from Fontaine", right...?
...
...
"...I still can't believe how in other nations children don't look exactly like one of their parents..."
...
"Oh, Lord Barbatos, right?
I'm Charlotte, a journalist with The Steambird. It's a pleasure to meet you. I would have liked to do an exclusive interview with you, but Mona has been unusually nervous the last few hours...
I intentionally came to meet you as soon as possible, to thank you for helping Fontaine. Thank you for making all those Anemo Sigils, Lor...Venti (right?)!
For the longest time, due to the fast industrial advancements, Fontaine's environment was overly polluted. Thanks to the Anemo Sigils and the mysterious power kept within them, we were able to revert most of the damage."
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...
-Yes, I remember Fontaine's Charlotte. She attended the last Windblume. And also acted and felt a little weird while talking to Mona. -He said moments later, looking and sounding thoughtful, as well as suspicious. Since the Traveler mentioned her and considering their reaction...-...Did something happen to her...?
"...She's dead.", was the Traveler's reply moments later, as they looked quite distressed now, "As a Journalist, she wanted to help in whichever way she could during the recent "Fontaine Crisis". And the best way for her to do so was by gathering information on the Late Archon's movements.", they started explaining, before soon pausing in thought, "...I don't know the specifics, but it was thanks to her efforts that the Fontanians managed to surround and later "defeat" their Archon. But in the process, while making sure that the members of the small group she was in at the time gets away, Charlotte lost her life.", they deeply sighed, their expression turning sad and regretful, "When I was about to leave for Fontaine, planning to make a stop at Liyue on the way, Mona came to me and asked to join along. At the time, I didn't know why Mona wanted to come so much, but still agreed to her request. But after arriving here and finding out what happened to Charlotte, perhaps, in the deepest part of her mind, Mona knew that something awful happened to her friend.", they added, before there were a few seconds of silence, "...Mona should be at Charlotte's grave now together with Paimon, who volunteered to join her and be her support."
It was now almost an hour after his call with the Traveler ended,
And yet, even now, he couldn't help but keep thinking about it...
*And not just due to the news of the sudden passing of Fontaine's Charlotte.
...
...
After promising to give the Traveler some Sigils of Permissions via Xiao,
He made sure to tell them about his small discussion with Nicole and her prediction...
*Honestly, remembering what she told him back then, this quite worrying "reassurance"...
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"Don't worry too much about it, Lord Barbatos. Teyvat's fate can indeed be changed for the better.
No matter how many hardships are bound to occur, everything will be resolved in the end."
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"̴̧̢̨̛̛̱͎̗̙̫̳̺̥͎̠̟̯͖͖͙͇̮̰̙̖͑̿̂͑͆̾̓͂́̄͒͛̾̌̎̾͒̕̕͠.̴̛̜̰̏̾̌̎̐̊̆̇͘͠.̷̨̛̞͍̼̰͈͖̮̝̬̥͕̥̠͍̂́͆́̓̆͊̍͆̀̔̈͛̆̍̀̎̀̍̎͝.̷̡͓͍͇̜̱͎̯̯͍̮̬̭͈̠͈̃̑̍̇͗̆̓͊̓͌͐̅̉̑̈͜͜͝T̴̨̞̪͎͚̟̟̲̠͙͔͊̅͗̀͑̇̉͛́̉́̆̎̈́̆́̋̿̀̕̚̚ͅh̷͍͖̺͎͔͚͈̱͈̤̻̤͓̪̭̰̞͂̇͋͐̈́̔̈́̔̏́͋́͂̃̄̚͝ḯ̵̡̢̭͕̰̳͙͓̣̬͖̫̭́͆̏͜͝s̶̨͙͕͚͍̰̘̞͉̍̄̑́̑̀̆͋́͂͘ͅ ̷̥͓͖̦̫̰̱̜̥̩͌ͅį̵̡̢̣̖̠̫̟̤̰͎̝̠͔͙̦̙̏̔̈́̐͗͒̃̀̈̈͐̐̚̚̚š̴͇̺̣̞̗̣͔̼̙̯̮̦̰̜̣̬̬̔͜͜ ̶̛̮̗̱̈̓̿́̂́̂̎̓̉̔̀̈́̇͌͋̽̓́̽͆̑̋͑͂̾͋̕͠t̴̢̧͓̗̲̲͖̫̭̝͉̼͉̝̖̖̞̫̟͖̟̯̿̕̚͘͜h̷̫̳͚͕̥̘͉̥̯̺̻͙̩̠͔͍̫͖̰͓̳́͌̏͋̏͝ḙ̶̛̞̹̦̼̺̊͂͋̉̋̊͆̅̌̄̍̒́̉̃͊̚ ̴̧̧͍̱̗̱̺͔͍̯̘͚̗̻̭̖͉̝̑̓́̎̉̋ͅC̴̛̛̖̤͎̻͎̻̜͕̏̿̇̊͌͊͌̅͑̒̀̀̊̓̀̈́̍͘͝͝a̴̧̢̛͕̬̳̤̰͇̜̩͚̩̙̝͕͈͚̣͖̥̼͓̲͕̘̎̎̋̋͊̿̎̑͋͊͋̾̍̅͛̃̾͐͛̓̚̚͜l̵̡̞̞̥͗͒̈́͑̈́̾͌͝͝͝m̷̨̼͎̼̄̌̍̀̊̽͗̃̋͗̔̈̂̂́̄̑͑͑̑̇͌͠͠ ̷̧̧̘̠̗̖͙͍̞̠̻̮͖̫̘̙̫͉̙͖͕͓͕̳͎͓̩̘̅̿͂͂̍͜͝b̸̨̪͎̳͈̠̗͙̩̪̲̯̜̹̬̮̪̤͔̺́̈́͋͆̒͛̅̇̀͐̽́̿̃͆́̾̔͋̇̀͂̾̍̅̕̕͜͝ͅe̸͓̔̆̈́̐̓̾̄̄̆̌͆̋̍̏́̏̈̕̕f̸̧̧̢̮̜̭͖̞̱̭̱͊́̂͒̑͆͒͋̑̇̍͑̔̃͋̎̏̎̍̾̅̋̓̚͝͠͝ǫ̸͎̙͚̦͕̣̯̗̝̰̯̭̗̫͎̜̍̑͂́͗͂̾̒̎͌͒͐͑̍͑̐̽̉̾̾̑́̕̚͝r̸̢̢̛̖̠͈̜̲̞̪̣͔͉͕̳̙̳̗̗̈͆̑̃̄́̓̑̓͋͑̐͋̓̈͝ẹ̸̢̧̮̟̘͉̈͝ͅ ̸̧̛̦̲͔͈̱̭̐͗̀̓̊̍̄̌̈́̓̚̕͘͝ͅͅt̸̡̛̩̣͐̄̈́́̓̂̓́͑̃͑̒̕͘͠h̶̗̟͎̞̩̳̙̯͇̬̻̉̽̽͒̿ͅȩ̴̬̯̮͉̹̠̺̣̼̠̺̪̈́̍̈́͑͑́̀̑͒̈́͋́̃̋̆͌̓̕̚ ̷̡̨̨̨͇͎̯͓̘̘̙̪̟̖̻͉̙̱̳̻̱̜̤̌̀͠͝Ŝ̸̡̢̛͖̥̘̱̞̖͇̖̲͉͛͗̒͑͂̎̏͛͋̀͒̆̕t̷̨̥͎̰̹̼̹͉̤͗̇͜o̵̢̧̡̱̺̼͕͔͖̫̤̱̤̰̹̫͈̘̼̻̠͇̘͖̣̒̂͗̊̆͂̒̑̃̒̀̈́̔͊̃̃͜͝͝r̶̨̺̖̘̼̪̝̯͓̦̹̘̝̤̥̯̺̹̹̤͙̱̞̐̔͒́́̔̔͗͛̅̿͌̂̃̃̈̓͑̃́̒̂͑́͆̑͘m̶͚̘̜̗̜͈͙͇̰̟̘̹͓̐͑͒̈́̽̒̅̉̈͛̈́͛͐̌͛̃̈͌̋̓̃̕̕̕͝͠͠.̸̢̨̛̯̰̘̠̩̳̳͍̗̮̗̣͚̦͓̜͈͇̗̙̠̹̘͑̇́͋̽̃"̸̧̛̛̟̮̬̦̜̻̗̩̩͍̙̫̣̤̬̣̟̭̰͔̤̝̮̹͎͚̱͐̌̊͊́̃̎̈̂̍̓̒̇̀͑̂̑̐͋̆̾̀̈́̏͘ͅͅ
...
He wasn't going to scare his people to death again, would he…?
…
…
Ĥ̵̠̌̂̀̔͊̀̄̚͘̕͠e̶̞̳̦̠͉͈̥̠͋͑̒̀͝ ̴̹͎̌͐̈̍̏̈̈́̇͗̔̈̄̃͋̏̂͗͛̂́͗͆̉̔̕w̶̡͔̯̖̱͔̹̺̝̱͈͇̟̲̜͖̏̍́̑̌͋̀̋̅̄̇̃̚̕̚̕͝͝ŏ̷̢̝̞̹̦̫̗͊̇̆̕͝͠ũ̸̡̲̅̏̉̇̓̐̎̅̏̀̅͋͝l̵̢̢̛̼̗̮̫͉̠̘̻̲͎͕͚͙͈̲̘̺͖̭̝̥̑̂̀̍̀̓̊̈́̆͛̉͋͑̎̈͛́͂̏͒͒͒͛̽̆̋̍̋͜͝ḏ̸̡̡̛̙̳̫̤͉̥̟̠͓̞̯͕̮̌͐̋̃͛̈́̀͆̅̋̀̕͘͝͝͠ͅͅ,̷̰̹̖̥͚͈̙̘̼̩̀͊͋̃͆̑͆̃̉̏̍̓̽̎̿̋̀̑̉̉̍̈̔̕̚̚͜͝ ̸̨̛̫̤̘̜̹͉̣͂̍̒͆̓̽͗͊̌͛̒̆̾̏̉̈͐̊̐̌̅́̀̿̀͘͝b̴̛̛̛͎͓̳̥̭͈̙̝͍̞̰͓̟̟̹̥̺̲̠̟͉̫́̏̿́̒̔͂͋̀̐̈́̒͐̏̈́̏̕͜͠ų̶̨̨̢̨͓̫̻͓͔͔͕̙͖̜͍̭͈̣̯̟̗̼͔̋͋̑̿̆̓́̏͂́̈̌͌̉̐̏̉̈́̉̈͘͝͝ͅt̸̡̮͍̱̭͎̮̹̞̳̖̿̒̀̌́ ̷̲̏w̸̡̛̺̺̃́̆̓͗̐͆̓̊͐̏̀͐͌͐͊̄̋̓̀ĩ̶͇̜͆͒͂̄̆͂̋̋̒̓͂͛̕͝ţ̴̨̨̨̨̼͈̻̮͔̞͍͑͂͒͌͆͐́̈́̾̈͛̈́̑͒̔̾͋͛̆̈́̓̕̕͝͝͝ͅḩ̴̧̨̨̹̤̮̞͍̬̤̯̬̺̪̤̼̰̦̩̹͇̹͙͚̰͓̪̔̊̔͘ ̷̛͓̖̯̍̀̈̔̉͐̒̑̏̔́͂͛̃̾͂́́͑͌̕͠͠ñ̴̛͇͍̳͑́͆̓̾̏͆̕͠͝͝͠ǫ̸̢̨̛̜͓̳̝̱̳̱̥͎̮̟̪̼̮̞͈̩̭̖̝̦̒̽̉͋̄̋͌͊̒͋̏͗̑̔͗̉͂̕͘̕͘͜͠͠͝͝ ̵̧̛̙̞͉͉͙̔́̈́͑͗̽̈́̊̀̂͛͗̂͒͘̕̚͝͝f̷̧̢̡̤͚̜̟͚͎̮̜̭͓̤͙̹̜̩͈͖͉͎̖̲̠̟̩͉̺̑̀̓̑̓̍̈̐̚ą̶̢̘̙͉͙̮̱̫͚͎͉̤̻̪̣̯̼͍̭͓̝͎͙̓̓̌̃̽͑̏͑̋̏̂̑̏͐̍̍̄͒̑͐̅̚̕͜͝͝͠u̴̧̧̲̹̳͈͈̙̬̯̞̪͍̪͇̭͕͙̖̝̤̯͔̘̲̞̭͆͛̏͛̐̀͑͜͠ͅl̷̡̢͎̮̟͕̲̰̗͙̞̮͔͉̮̝͎͇͓̩͌̓͌̉̎̅̋̅͑͐͌̔̌́̏̾͋̈̍̕͜͜͠͝ͅt̷̨͉̣͔̫̽̑̽̀̔͊͒̽͂̕͘ ̵̨̰͓̝̳̠̗̫̱̲̦͓̠̟̭̤̩̺̟̘̠̬̫͇̈́̐̀̎̎͝ͅơ̸̡̻̮̙̬̲̰̫̼̜̱̩̬̗̂͐͐̓̑̒̾̋̇̀͘̚͠ḟ̷̼̦͎̝͎̮̱̙̱̎́͗̉ ̷̼͓̟̾̔̍͐̂̇͑̌̊̏h̷̛͈̫̫͆̔̿̊̄̈̓́̎̀͗̎̈́̎̄͆̈̇́͝͠͝ȉ̶̡͉̣̠̳̝̥͓̟̹̜̯̫͉͙̹̱̫͓͐̑̀́̓̆͌̒̿̂̒̓̈͆͊̈̏̈̑̅̚s̴̢̢̡͎͇͖͍̱̟̱͓̰̐̏̀̅͌͘ͅ ̴̧̢͔̥͔̮̣̯̞̼̠̝͓̩̮̝̓͌̂̍̿̇̏̓̾͌̓̈́̔͛̿̓͌͜͝ͅȍ̶̲̻͇͔͕̦̬̮̻̰̏͆̏̌̇͑̿̍̒̇͛͛̀͂̈́̓͑̐̚̚͜͝w̷̻̼̝͎̪̫̘̥̦͈̘͙̘̍̎̉̆̂̓͒͋͆̊͑̌̂̐̓͌̈́̀̓̊͋̃͂̚͘͠ͅn̴̡̧̧̢̨͎͕͖̺̥̼̲̰̗͍͈̖̬͎̪͓͔̥͔̫̈́͂̿̚͜ͅ
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...
Well, that sounded quite,
And after he promised...
*Just what was going to...?
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C̵̥͕̣̬̏ȩ̷̭̜͔̝͇̬͍́̏̕͜ļ̶̛̛̩͇͍̫̻̫͓͈̭̘̲̫̯̪̦̹̪͙͉̫̣̬̣̖̪͇̌̿̈́͛̄͂̊̈͆̈́̓̈́̇̑͐̊͌ͅè̴̠̥̬̮́͌̆͂́̃̏͒̃̌͑̇̔̓̾͋̋̄̀̈͗͒̍̀̒̕͝͝͝s̷̢͇̺̠̠̻̅̈́̌́͝ṯ̶̨̡̲̻̘̞̲̝̝̹̩͈̯̬̹͙̪̮͉̠͎͌̽͆̓̒̒͝ͅȉ̵̮̓͛̅́̊̀̉̊̌͒̍̓̂̕͠͝͝͝͝a̸̪̟̣̞͙̝͔̳̘̞̩͕̻̮͎͈̟̖̦̝̿̈̍͑͌͗̈̕̚͠ ̵̨͔͙̩͎̙͌͆n̸̨̢̛͍̪̝͉̞̗͇̣̞̫̥̰̜̣͕̘͔̳̳̈͒̓̀̏͒̋̊̎͐͂̎̃͋̌̋͋͒̃̚͜͝͝o̶̱͉͕͐͐̏͛̽̎ţ̵̡̧͖̠̙̞͉̺̝̞̫͉̺̥̲̤͖̾̑̏̓̃̐̉̈̒̀̑̋̽͘͘͜͠͝í̵̟̪̟̒͋̅̍͒̀͋̂̿̕͝c̴̨̨̨̧̢̢̛̙̪̩̬͉̼͓̰̘̲̝̙̱̦̱̬͔̦̻̰͙͚͕̒̔̓̂̓͒̎̐͂̑e̵̬͈̤̙̱̗̱̜̭͐̈́͐̀͋̒͆̄͗̍̇̀̂̅͘͜͝s̷̡̧̢͍̘͙͇̩͕͍̤̞̼̼̺̩̦̼͔͎̙͕̩̯̘̭͙̣̟̲͋̎͋̔̎̅̐̈́̄͌̄̈̈́͂̾̎͐̀̑ ̶̛̬͈̭͔͈͂͊͊́̉̎͌̒̀̒͒͊̾͌̿̅̉̏̚̕a̸̺̩͉̜̤̳̰̟̜̹͇͔͍̻̭̹̘̋͆̂͌̋͊͑̓̽̓̉͊̈́͋̕͠ͅn̷̡̢̡̧̛̳͓͔͚̟̬̹̘̮̬̫͖̩͙̖̫̺̻͑͒́͌̎͛̾̿̐̄͂͜͝͝ͅd̴̛͔̅̊͑͒̀͛̋͑́̑̐̒̐͊̎͑̔̋͗̅͝ ̶̧͇̬̩̯̠̦̗̭͙͆̋̈̕ţ̵̡̧̙͓̮̯̮͓̺̩̤͖̘̙̩͉̫̜̖͙͚̥͓̯̈́̀́̃̐̄͒͐̎͆͗̽͝ͅh̴̢̨͈͍̺͕̫͇̩͇̠͔̥̺̳̯͓͔͍̓͊̈́̽͆͋̚̚͝e̷͙̮̪̱̲̺̣͚̪̲̯͐͛͒͊͝ͅ ̴̛̛͚̅̿̐̓͌̓́͑͊̌́͂͊̽̾̿̅̂̍͊̕͘̕͝Ș̸̨̡̢̡̨̖̳̺̫͙͕̘̹̤̘͎̹̮̅̽̆̌̓̓̉̓̈́̉̔̌͑͛͆̅̓̾̇̎́͋̇͝͝͝͝u̵̻̪̥̪̠͙̽̆͋̑̋̈̄̉͋̌͆̈̀̔͊̇̀̔̀͂̆̑͘͝͝ş̵̤̼̯̹̯̭̖̐̊̓̋̅͐͂͜t̶̢̛̛̟̖̫͇̣͕̩̣̩͈͎̜̭̹̹͎͙̀͊͒̍́̈́͊̂͊̓̏̿̋̂̐̌̀̄̆̚ͅạ̸͓͆̄̾̈̾̒̕͝i̶̲͓̺̓̀̌̇͗́̂̈́̀̉̀̃̆͌̚͘͝n̴̜̣̣̙̪̽͌̃̇͆̄̋̓͐̈́͗͌̎̓́̏̽̆͋̓̽̍͘̚̚ë̵̡̢̫̞͉̭̠͉̰̦̘̙͇̔͐͛̇͊̎̋̿̃̔͊̃̀̒̎̔͋̀̓̏́͐̓̇͘͘͘͠͠r̶̲͚͙̖̪̦̬͉̜͓͚͍̜͕͉͈̍̊̕ ̸̡̖͕͉̖́̎͆͛͂̔̕͘͝͠͝a̶̧̛̛̳̫͔͎͔̻̙̳͚͕̫̖̗͈͈̟̺̐͒̈͌̓̃̂́̏͂͆͆̒̅́̄͂̿̆̋̽͑͜͝r̵̨̨̘̩̯̻͚̖̯͕̮̥̝̹̣̮͙̙̣̾̊ͅŕ̷̡̖̲̗̣͚̳̼̳̼̹̘͉̫̖͖͒̀̍̑̃̋̆̈́͂͘͜͠ỉ̸̡̧̢̜̝͖̥̜͚͈̺̺͙̗̞͕̘̞̭̮̠̈̀̿̂͐͐̌͜͠ͅv̵̳̜̣̱̘͙̦̪͇̹̳̯͔͉̪̳̞͖̝͕̝́̌͋̔̕͜ͅͅë̴̗̪͖͉̻̬̘̪̙̜̯̦̥͔̪͕̩͚̘̲͕̮̺͈̺̮̘̦́̋͌̾̀̆̄̅̐̓̄̓͒͊̀̄͘͝s̴̨̨̢̫̩̖̭̦̦̪͚͕͓̙͉͙̰̼̭͖̖͇̹̘͙̻̩̲̓̀́̌́̓͛̏͐͜
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Huh...? But wasn't he being very careful now...?
*Why would they suddenly...?
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"̶̧͓̩̱̗̟̦̳̥̳̝̦̝̳̻̞̫̺̼̠͖͇͎̩͚͍̘̥̰̗́̓̔͌͐͛̒̉̄̄͑̈́͛̌͑̂̓̆̽͛̓̿̽͒̚͠͝͝͝.̵̧̡̤͙̘̦̜̜̹̟͚͔͈̞͍̗̰͎͔̺̭̯͍̼͕͕͙͚̩͆̈́̄̀ͅ.̸̧̮̫̜̫͈̰̳͎̬̻̩̰̤̩̚ͅ.̴̖̘̟̫̪̪͓̟͖͕̩̺͚̭͉̩̫̪̱̜̻̄ͅŸ̸̡̨͕̳͔̹̟̼̻̩̹̜͓̞͇͉͍̩̥͇̟͖̦̫̱͎́̏̂̓̌͋̋̐̉̓͒̅͊͑̄̈́̾̀̊̇o̷̦͕̍̈́̓̉̐̃̾̾̓͗̇͝ū̶̡̜̤̙̞͔͊͛͐͐̆̎̉̆̏̆̕͠ ̵̡̡̤͕̙̟̫͚̙͙͈̼̻͔̙̱̱̩͉̼̒̓̇ͅw̵̨̢̬͎̗̪̯̬̘̯͎̮̣̩̯̤͚͔̥͍̥̖̭͎̞̽̋̔̓͛͜ò̴̥̗̣̝͙̣̙̬̫̜̝͎̲̜̋̄̃̆͒́͋̓̃́̐̔̿͛̊͂̿̓͑͘̕̚͝͠͝ư̷̧̨̨̧̧̘̼̠̜̣̪͍͖͔̱͎̦̮͔͉̫̤͙̭̟̤̤̻̠̽̀̈̏̒͊̇̇͋͜͝͝l̸̛̫̟̺̦̻̦͖̙̮̩̥͋̊̾͐́̓͑̍̃̇͗͘͘͝d̷͓̰͙͉̬͔͈͖͕̙̞͓̻̖̩̞̮̹̮̩͖͚̥̳̈́͗̈́͐̆́̑̂͂̈̃̈́̀́̃̓͂͑̇̀̌͐̊͛͘͜͜͠ͅͅͅn̸̢̨̝͇͉̖̭̯͙̬̟̜̙̞̦̰̝̈̅̂̈́̀̑̈́̉̄̐͌͗͘͜͠͝'̷̳̹̤̾̊̔̋̉͌̇̒͋̈̌̂̑̇̍͆̔̍͘̕͜t̷̡͚͍̝̼̱̝͓͔̰̗̯̣͖̲͈̲̟̆ ̸̢̛̖͚͐̈́̉̄̍́͐̽̈̐̇͛͆̌̂͂̀͊̈́͒̓̀̕̕̚͠͝b̸̡̥̜͔̥̄͛̔̎́͌͌́̌̾̾̓̀͒̾̓̆͐͒̕͘̚͝͝͝ȩ̵̢̛̫͓͖̖̜̜̳̫̪̮̪̜̣̤̲͉̤̳̍͐͂̾̃̏̊̅̃̈́̂̍̊̇̌͛̒͛͝͝͠͝͠ ̵̧̢̗̟̳̜̼̯̣̫̙̖͍͕̝̟̪̗͙̫̱͍̻̦̮̟̥̙͇͆͋̑̋́͊̏́̚͜͠a̶̧̢̨̛̪̬̮̠̣̬͈͎̙̠̫̙͈͙̫͖͔̭̻͎̰͍̻͖͋̿͑̾̅̈͆͗̒́̾̑̈́͜͜b̷̧̙̽̐͑͘̕ļ̶̲̫͈̒̅̀͂̑̑̓͌̋́͂͘͠͝ḛ̴̡̟̘̙̻͓̪̰̭̲͉͙̪̼̺͈̘͚͕̬͈̳̞͉̪̘͇̐̔͐͋͆͆̊͊͗̀͛̈́̓͂͛̆̚̕̕͘͜͝͝ ̴̨̢̢̨̢͙͓̘̼̻͈͖̞͉͖̣̻̣̳̥̲͔̤͈͈̹͕͙̒̅́͐͜ͅt̷̨̡̞͙̘͓̗̫̪̜̻̣͍̜̣̗̰̥͉̯͊͋̋̌͂̏́͐́̒̈́̃͂̍͑̃͋͆̃͑͊̾́̍̀̚̕ŏ̴̟̤͈̳̯̈́͊͊̏̒̌̇͑̔̈́̍̔̕̕͝ ̵̧̡̡̲̦̼̫̝̼̰̫̳͎͍͕̯̻̤̠̳̳̒̒̆̔͂̾̓̒̉̽̚͘͜͜s̸͖̯̻̩͍̲͙͈̟̖̝̩̠̫̲̙̻͉̰̫̮̠̬̹͇͖̭͚͙̗̆̐̂͂͆̒̉̒̈́̍̿͛͒̐̈́̍̇̃̾̍̽̍̍͂͘̚͝͝t̴̡̛̙͓̙̝̺̰͕̤̪̳̰̮͈̝̥͉̔͛̏̏̃̏̎̈́͋̔̂̅̌̌̋̿̅̒̉̇͐̈̐͊͑̀̕͜͝͠ͅā̷̢̡̧̢̙̭͕̦͍̩̱̠͕̟͇̣̰̣͎̠͎̭̲̩͚̽́̎̀̒̈́͐͋̓̈̈̅͆͗̅̈̈́̔̌̂̃͋͘ͅy̸̛̘̣͔̤̪͙̝̬͓̣̤͍̝̑̀̈́̄̈̂̿̽́͊̓̔̽̓̑́͐̓̋̀͜͜͝͠͠ͅͅ ̴̧̧̹͈̦̥̟̜̫̪̩̪̻̖̲̪͙̝̯̭̺̖̮͓̑̈̈́͗͆̃̈́̈́̾͘͜͝͝ͅͅų̶̡̣̼̯̞̖̤̙̮̦̺̱̺̳̺͍̹͇̮̰͙̌̈́̂͐͌͆̄̂̎͗̾̾͒̋̋̉̾̊̄̔̀̌͂̋̕͝͝͝ņ̸̨͚̯͍̻̣͚̠̩̬̪͚͍̜̖͓̯̮̯̥͓̝̩̆i̷̢̛̘̩͇̞͙͔͖̺̪̣̹̠̭̿͂́̓̒͑͠ǹ̶̛̖̱͌̃̎̓̈́́͛̌̿̎͑͌̾̅̐̓̍̈́̈́̓̀͝͝͝v̸̢̫̳̮͍͚̣͉͙̳̩̟̗͓͎̩̰̯͚̣͕̜̈́̏̑͂̏̍̋̚͜o̴̢̤͚̼̝̮͒̿̍̈́̊͂̏͑͛̀͋̋́͗̂͊̇̔͋̀͋͜͝͝ļ̷̨̢̛̲̦̙̘̪̬̦̭̞̾̽̏͋̾́͑͗́̽͐̈́̀̒̍̔̈͊̂͌̊̌̚͘̕͝͝͝͠ͅv̴͍̯̦̓̌̂͌̌̏̚̚ͅę̴̨̲̥̹̮̠͇̥̗̭̝͇̫̰̜́̏̓̇̊̏͂͂̾͆̓̇̀͛̐͑̒̃̕͘̕̚͘̕̕ḋ̸͚͇̺̪͖̗,̵̛̪̈́̈́̃͑̎̀̓̌́̆̎̃͊̽̕͝͝ ̸̪̮̼̝͈̯̆͆̈́̒̀̎́͛́́̅̇̓͒̀͗̊̑̈́͒̚̕͝͝Ḇ̷͕̠̩̝͍̻̲͖͈̃͂̈́̔̈́͑̍ą̶̛̬̮̩̱͇͙̟̔͗́̉̋̾́̀͛̇̎̔̄̈́͛̅͑̅̆̌̍̑̾́̈́̂ŗ̸̡̡̨̨̦̟̮̩̳͈͍̖̥̮͎̫̺̠̲̠̜̬̞͕̬̭̿̽̌̐͊̅͑̅̕̕͘b̷̢͖̣͇̫̦̣̝̺̲̞̝̼͖̻̙͎̘̼͔̹̟̯͎̫̥̞̙͙͖̓͐̊̀̒̌̊̎́̓̂̈́͑̃̉̊̉́̇̀̾̓̿̀̕͝͝͠a̴̛̝͇̱̟̯̹̾͋̍̅̆̌̉̑͑̓̽̑͌͐̇̓̑̒́̚͝͝t̴̛̠̞͕͉͌̑̒͐̓̊̾̑̑͛̒̈̎̾̃̋̈̑̕͝ơ̵̢̫̇́̆̽͂͊͂́̀̊̿͌̒̓̂͋̓͑̓̏̀̄͠͝ś̶̡̨̡̡̙͇̻̯̪͚̯̲̪͎̙̮͍̺̞̝͉̥̟͎̓͊̅̓̑̂͛̋̃̾͋̋̓̈̽̌̇̉̓̽͆̾́̐͜͝͝͝ͅ.̸̧̧̹̟͕͙͍̗̠̙̙̓̉̆̀̓̎͒̓͂̒͒̏͋̂̀͛̏͑͐̎̈́͐͑̎͘͠͝͝͝"̶̡̧̧̲̫͕̪̘͖̗̝͎̲̠̩͓͙͓̺̩̩̥̭̝̂͛̿͆
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He really didn't want to worry everyone, once again...
*But it looks like he would have no real choice in the matter.
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Just what was going to happen, for him to...?
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The Traveler promised to find out what exactly it meant,
Soon telling him that it's really going to be okay, they will make sure of it...
*Their comforting words aside, how exactly do they plan to do that...?
If it turns out to be just wishful thinking instead...
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𝔊𝔬𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔚𝔦𝔫𝔡, 𝔉𝔯𝔢𝔢𝔡𝔬𝔪, 𝔖𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℌ𝔬𝔭𝔢
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How exactly was it going to impact him...?
*Was there something that he was still missing...?
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"̶̢͙̭̖̣̭͕͎̪͈͉͈̔̂̑̑͝P̴̢̨̘̪̞̱̻̪̣͇̺͈̠͇̭̭̭̭͕͑͌̃̓̒͗͝ͅả̵̧̡̡̱̺̙̙̻̜̲͇̣̲̯̳̭͇͕̱̩̦͕̲̬̱̩̯̬̑̂̓͘ͅͅş̷̢̢̡̧̨̼̮͉̲̭͙̺̼̘̤̖̩̮̗̺͇̹͇̙̜̞̪̔̅̈́̋̽̇̃̑̐̌̇̊̔̔̽́̌̕͘͝t̴̢̜̖̖͇͚͖̯̝͖̰̬͖̰͎̖͎͍̺̩͓̺̘̗̺̖̜̀̓̐͛̇̔́̎͝͠͝ͅ,̶̢̧͚̯̯̼̖̹̦̬̑̃̅̌̒́͋̔̒͑̏̿̽̾̕͜ ̷̢͙̦̱͕̖̣͉̯͉̺͕͈̦̳̰̙͚̮̮͕̤̯͈̻̲̻̙͖͂̏́͂̈͒̓̋̐̉̐̐͛͠ͅp̸̨̻̣̬̽̐͂̈͘͠r̷̢͂̇͗͒͆͛͑͊͆̅̃̅̆͋͌̕̚͝͝͝e̵̢̨̬̗̭̗̙̱̥̼̫̬͎̘͉̝͖͔̫̤͇̙͎̖̤̙̣̠͊͑̌̀̊̎̐́̓̒͊̕̚͜͝ş̶̟̜͍̭̗̞͔̗̙͇̣̝̜̈̀̓́̓̀̿͌͛͑̽͑̚ę̸̨͇̲͖͙̹̝͙͚̹͖͎̪̞͎̝̜̣̼̰̠̥̝͙͖͛̋͒̀̈͛͛̕͜͝ń̷̛̳̤̋̓͊́͂̐̌̾̈́́̃̔̓̃̽̕̚̚͝ţ̵̢̨̹̩̘̖̎̈́̈́͒ ̴̡̮̤̟͓̩͆̂̒́̌̄̏̉̽͒̀̀̋̄͒͛́̍̽͝͠ȁ̶̧̰͈͙̤͇̦̺͔̳n̶͎͈͓̣̮̪̭̥͇͊̋͆̿̃̆̅́̔͝ͅd̴̡̛͎̬̩̦̫̭̭̰̥̲̥͙̙͉̙̗͍̳̝͓̦͓̀̉͜ ̶̢̡̡̣͕̯͈̗͖̪͕̱̲̟̤͈̝̈̍̏͐͐̇̔̌̄̀͗̇̒̾͌͘f̴̻̘͔̫̤̦̜͓͇͉̙̝̳̙͖̈́̿͋̓̑͛̀̄͒̉̂̿̈́̏̕͘̚͜͝ų̴̛̛̛̤̘͍̪̬̀̉̔̈́̆͗̄̍̾̈́̈̃̆͊̌͛͗̚͝ţ̵̨̛͚̠̭̖̠͔̝̞̭̪̮̪͇̼̪͚̪̝͎̈̀̾̔̆̀̉͗̎͑̔̅͘͜͝͝͝ǘ̶̡̨̳̯̦̯͈̥̮͇͎̖̥̩̗̥͉͕̳̱͌̌́̌̓̌̀̔̐̿͊̌̅̅̉̚͝͝r̷̻̳͋͑̐̽ę̴̡̡̛͇͖̟̗̼̤͉̳̲͇̞̦̣̩̩͍̻̗͌͛͐͛̀̓͂̏̾̓͒͑̽́́̇̀͗̔́́͂̂̈̅̌͘͠,̴͖̼͇̒̈́̌̒̏̊̽̓͑̅̓͒̇͒͐̌̕̕̕͜͠͝͝ ̷̡̳̯̫͓̼͉̞̟̻͚̗͉̥͉͍̝͖͚͕̜̪̱̪̪̙̈͗̈́̽̊̃͜͜ͅt̵͚̻̹̔͐̎͑̇͆̾̀̓͗̇̉͐̊̿̒̊̄̈́̈́͒̃̚͘͝͠͝ḧ̵̛̼̟̝̬̭̬̯̻̖̞̞̰͇̗̳̫̫̠̰̬̫͔̼͕͔̫̼͉́̑̌̎̌̔͛̃̊͊̋̽͐̄̇i̶̡̡̛̼͓̱͖͍̲̻̘̰̻̼͖̩͌̀̃̉̉̓̽̑̑̅̉̐̓͘̕͜ṩ̷̙͍̲̞̤̤̥̘̪̝̳̩̀͋̊͐̓͆̐̓̈́̀̓̀̓͜ ̸̡̭̮̺̣̹̻̩̫̜͖̘͈͕̪̰̺͔̩͎͎̿̀̈́̈́́̈́̋̎̋́̀̓̌̈́̊͆̾͝͝p̸̢̡̛̜̤̱͚̙͓̙̞̩̫͍̟͔̋̂̔̈́̎̌͋̃́̑̋̉̓̀͂̈́̃̄͛̑̾͌͜͝o̶̢̧͙͔͎̭̰̠̖͔͍̫̺̰̜͎͎̦̘̫̳͙̮͙̻͇͉̓̾̇̽̋͝ẅ̵̛͚͈́̌̽̐̉̐̀̎͘ě̶̛͚̜̜͖̩͚̻̗͇̫̱̫͓̞̰͓̪͍͔̋̿͒͌̀͛̓̑͗̓̿̅̀̇͂͌͊̋̾͒̔͋̎͘͝͝͝͝r̵̢̡̖̯̰̥̩̲̪̬̳̞͓̹̦̯̠̰̋̅̄̄͆̓̓̑̌̈́̈́̄͊̐͠ ̵̢̥̫̬͍̪͖̬̖̟̹̮̮̖̼̼̼͔̹͍̖͔̬̜̣̞͌́̿c̸̳̤͍̬͔̩͈̟̲͕̪̱͕̿̅̒͛͊̄̈́́̿̅́͌͒̇̀̓̌̓͗͝͝ą̵̡̧̡̹̰͎͎̇̍͂̓̇͘n̸̢̢̛͇̹̔͌͑̄̈́̋͐̈́̀͝ ̸̛̛̖̱̜̭̮̠͈̯̩̣͓̯̋̽͌̏́̑̽̐̓̆͌̿́̇͒̆͒̄̈́̈͑͘͜͜͝ͅa̸̩̭̝͈̬̰̖͖̝̦͚̲͕̲̗̹̫͈̯̺̗̘̗̻̲̻͋̈́̀́̿̊̿̚̚͠͝͝ͅf̵̛̝̩͉͚͎̖̄̈́̒̈́̉̋̅́̅͊̆̏̉̓̎́̉͑̚͝͝͠f̷̛͓͙̫̮̗͇̙̪͎͇̖͖͔̦͍̻͇̯͈̐̐̂̿̎́̈́́̍̽͜ͅê̵̜͌̋̀̅͊̽̃͑̀͗̈́̏͒̾̃͘͝͝͝c̷̨̨̨̼̠͚̳̲̯̦̤̙̤͚͚̱̱̙̩̯͇̣̣̮̯̜͍̪̟͍͌̀̅̂́̀̐́͝ţ̷̢̨̘͓̦̱̫͕̥̲͌ ̸̧̛̻̝̤̜̮̹͚̜̻̱͚͐͆̋́̀̅͛̐́̐̈͜͝i̵̡̢͉̦̟̭̬̰̥͈͙̩͙͓̖̺̩̍̾͛̂́̐̀̾̄͛̾͛̋͊͊͋̒̈́̌͑̃̕͝͠t̸̢̛̐ ̴̡̝̟͙̥̅͛͋̑̎̀̌̎͂̎̑̈́̕͘̕a̸̡̡̧̯̝͕͉̬͈͓͉̬̪̖̝̱͉̫̦̤̭̫̰͈͂̎̋̑̈̈́̓̅̎̓̉͑̒̀͛̈̐́̕̕͘͝l̴̨̡̛̺͍̼̱͇͚̰̬͇̖̪̻͚̰͓͔̱͖̯̀͐̉͊̆͑͗̆̕͜͜͝͝l̶̡̢̨̢̨̦̟͓̜͍̯͈̞̥̲̞̺̦̤̝̥̖̭͕̥͎͓̭̉̏̃̎̔͂̀͋̕͜͝.̵̥̻̞͎͌͐̓̃͐͊̌̓͊̀̎͆̄̌̾́̓̇͑̈́͝"̷̡̡̢͖̲̦̹̭̞̋͑̄̇͂͋͊͊̐́̍̔̉̂̈͂̆͌͛̕͘͝͝
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"̵̢̢̨͎̮̯̤̗̭̭͕͍̗̯̝͕̩̩̼̪̠̘̥̺̙͙̗̪͉͆̍̑͊̍̀̀̐̈́͒̔͂͑̔̕͘ͅY̴̝͉̥̩̯̫̞̓̈́͐͝ǫ̵̗̺̥͇̪͍̻̬̫̦̳̥̊͊̄́̔̐͗̏̔̇̈́̑̓̿͗̐̆̓̈́͝ů̵̧̲̰͔̤͖͕͖̹̌͑̏̆̓̋̈͒̒͒͒́̕̕ͅ ̷̨̢̧̗̩̻͙̣̹͕̫̥̮̮̺̰͍̬̀͋͋̍̌̂̋̕ͅč̴̨̜̻̺͔̯͍̻͎̞̰̈́a̴̢̛͎̖̖̻̙͙̖̱͎̬͚̽͒̈́͌̅̂̒̆͊́̉̽̇̈́̽̇͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅņ̶̡̧̛̲̺̲͖͔̳̤̫͓̩͖̦̹͔̙͍̹͙͚̭̟̩̫̘̓̇͊̍̃̔̂̓̀͒͒̈́̈́͑͛̑̃̐̍̇̑̚̕͜͝͠ͅ'̶̢͎̠̠̺͗͂̃̀̊͊̿̾̒́̆͊̈́̂͒̕̕͘͝t̴̡̡̙͍̻̤̭͈̹͕̻̱̜̫̭̙̭̘̬̣̻̠̣̙̱̯̥̻́͗͘͝ͅ ̶̨̧̨̯͍̭̠̹̥̲̦̬̳̣̞̪̳͎̠̩̯͇͚̞̬͎̮̾͋͒̀̄̎̔̓̅̂̌͗͐̄͑͘̚͜͝t̶̢̛̪̺̼̼̪̤̟͇̤̝̻̥͍̆̉̽̏̏̌̋̈͗̃̃̅̈́͗̀̈́̉͒̓̉͐̓͗̈́̚͘̚͝r̶̤̲̻̟̼͉̫̔̄̔̈́͝͝ͅũ̶͇̬̰̺̔̒̉̾̑̓̾̀̐͗̃̄͒̀̈́̚͘ͅl̸̡̰̼̳̘̥̥͉̼̰̰͉̺͈̪̜̹̑̊̓̓͆̽̅͛̔̃͗͛͗̉̇̈́̏̈̈́̍̍̍̓̽͐̀̚͝ͅy̶̧̧͎̪̱͈̳̗̣͈̥̲͉̳̤̺͖̱̠̯͈̘̞͓̭̭͂͊̀̽͋̅͂͛͊̅̀̀͛͌́̂̅̀̒͊̋̈̕̚͜͜͝ ̴̧̧̡̬͈̬̞̟͚̳̬̐̿̌́̐͊̋̕͝͝ḑ̸̜̯̰͍̬̻̮͍̥̟̘̲̘̺̺͚̺̈́̆̆͌̈́̒̐̓͒̓͘ͅḯ̴̢̨̛̛̬̜͙̺̱͉͓͒̀̽͂̒̑̏̒́̍͑͠͝ë̷̛̩̬̖̝̭̤͎̩̙̪̗̦̼̱̱̜͎̙̻̠̬̰̐̈́̓͐͂̄̒̾̈́͂̃̈́̓́̃̓͂̅̏͋̕̕͠.̴̛̟̓͂͐̐̆̈̈͑͊̚̕͘͠ ̶̹̻̰̥̟̺̞͎̬͉̟͚̗̜̱͉̞̜̮̝̝̦̟̜͑̀̏̎̑̕͝͝ͅẀ̵̨̛͉͇͍̙͕̫͎͙̥̽͜ͅḩ̴̧̧̦̰̝̝̞͙͓̺̪̬̪͉͍̰͕͒͊͋̋͐̆̏̉̈̇̂́̀̚͝ȩ̵̣̪̦͖̭̼̝̝͎̺̪͎̝̰͇̠̰̦̮̳͖͖͛̂̽͐̆͑̉̃̈́̂̓̐̐̃̔n̴̢̟̻̫̦̳̰̺͍͔̩͓̰͍͔̠̝͊̏̀̉͛͗͛̊ ̵̤͉̀̎̈́̍̉̚y̷̢̛͎̗͂̀͌͐̐͐̄̆̉̽ǫ̴̱̯̦̺̟͉͓̦͚̲͈͙̤͎͈̆̀̌͜͝ư̸̡̦̤̼̲͙͇̝̰̱̟̣̫̦̝̘̗͍͙͓̐̌̈́̌̔̉͂̾̔͆̽͒̽͒̅̍͠͝͝͠͠ͅ ̵̨̧̭̦͚͓̩̟̖̟̰͖̮͇͇̅̀̽d̷̨͚̹͇̙̤̙̂̉̄̐̂̔͆̋̎̄̏̄͌̐̽̽͂͂̆͘͝o̸̺̞̳̫̙̘̲̹̙̥̻̫̩̖̗̲̼̥̜̰̠͙̩̯̳͑̉͊̉͛͂͊̽̚͠͝ͅ,̷̢̧̧̨̰̤͖̬̭̙͉̰̹̦͕͚̗̘̱͙̻̪̹̼̙̫̌̐̓̀̇̈̎̎̆́̂̈́̈́̎̍͒̊̅͘͝ͅ ̷̝͖͚̩̗̜̣͓̙͖͙̳̹̪̪͖̝́́̆y̶̧̢͕̗͕̰̭̘̯̤͖̤̦̖̩͔̒̒̇̑͆͜ǫ̸͕͈̗̯̤̬̲̪̟̙̩̱̬͌̅̐̒̎̚͘u̶̧̨͎͕̦͖͇̥̘̲̦͈̟̯̲̱̬̟̪̓͑̉̎͊̍͛͂̾̈́̒͛̌͐̃͒̽͒͂̑̑͌͘ͅ ̵̢̢͍̻͔̱͓̹̤͚̟̟͔̮͓̖͈̓̾͛̽͛͛̈́̿̉͛͗̍͗̋̑̇̑̓͗͛͒̈̎͗́̃̕d̴̛̰͛̄̅̊͌̂̃̃̌͐͐͊̈́͌͒̿̄͘o̶̢̘͙̱̮͕͉̱̍͑̾̔̀̓n̶̛̞͚̐̈͗̀̓͂̇̐͒̀͝'̵̧̨̢̬͉͇͓̠̪͔̳̱͖̞̘̞̞̥̝̯̹̬͉̋͊̆̂̆̿̈́̿͛̅͂̈́͋̔̌̓͗͐̉͋̋̕͘͜͝͝͠ͅͅͅť̷̡͇̪̹̫̯̲̈́̈͗̔̉͑͊̌͘ ̶̨̡̡̥̰̥̞̺̙̟͔̖̜̇͊̓͑͂̐͊̊̑̕̕͝ş̴͖͇̬̟̬̰̬̝͙̼̘̺͎͎̙̥͕̠̬͓̫̻̟͉̭͊̓̒̑̇̂̚͘͜ţ̷̢̧̢̢̱͍̬̹̻̖̱̜͙̯͎̥̲͇̹̘̩̭̪̲̪̝̘̉̆͒̾̌͌̽͘̕͝ä̶̢̢̝̜̠̘̟̝̻͈̬͕͓̱͔̺͖̖̭̦̜̲̞͎̼̲̩́̊͗͆̋͘͝͝͠y̸̡͚̼̞̰̻̳̙̭͈̒̂̃̈̈̎̾͌́͑͌̽̂̿̅̔̚͘̚̚ͅ ̶̨͉̰͙̻̥̣̯͇̺̱̪͍̮̫̩̭͓̟̈́̔̌ͅd̴̡̡̨̛̘̭͎̗̺̱̥̝̲̻̬͔̫̝͔̞̤̹̈́́͂̓͒̽͂̚ͅè̷͚̪̣̫̪̮̰̮̽̿̎̌̽̋͒̑͌̽͊̇̍̚̚ȧ̵̹̹̻̘̲̭͖̤̘̬̰̤̰̝̳͔̐̆̂̄̅̉͝ḑ̶̢͖̜̳̜̺̬̤̬̝̭͇̓͂̾͋͒͘͜͝.̶̛̫̮͓̘͙̩̯̳̇̒̀͑̆̅̋̅̎̀̾́̌̅͋͗̓̚̚͝ ̴̞̯̘̤̖̔͐́͌͋̒͘S̴̛͖͚̪̦̤̤͂͛́̇͂̀͛̓͑́̌̂̉͆̀͌͊̇̕͝͠ǫ̷̢̧̢̩̬͙̘͖̱͍̮̝͂̏ǫ̴̨̧̢̡̨̢̛̘̼̜̟̝̱̣̙͉͕̮̰͈̯͓̰̞̗̦͔̠́̓͛̇̑͆̈̇̓̒͌̄̍͋̆̔̐̑̎͐̅̑͘̕͜͝ͅn̷̲͎̹̩̹̬̫̣͆̑̀̏̋͗́̌̈́̆͂̂̋̆͘͜͜ë̴̡̝͕͍͚̙̘̰͚͎́̉̅̓̈́̄͐̓r̷̡̧̭̱̟͎̟̝͚̫͚͉̖̗͈̝͚̦͇̘̪̝̮̦̙̈́̉͊͗͠ͅ ̴͎̩͍̳̭̑́̊̄̃̆̿̔͒̍͒̂̓̀̉͌̈́̊̕̚͠͝͝͝ơ̸͎̈́̽̍̍̍͒̐̐̔̃̒̎̀̒̕͠r̴̛͕̱͓̤̳̯̦̹̩̬̙͕̝̋́̏͑̉̿͌̈̆̑̉̒͛̌̾̈́̕̚͘ͅ ̵̰̫̗̱͑̊̋̈̈̅̅́̂͝l̴̢̧̧̧͕̟̹͈̟̱͉̩̫̫̠̳̦͇͈̟̪̯̗͎͉̑̑̊̄̀́̉͐̾̽͘̚͜a̵̠̹̞͖̖̎̾͠ţ̵̛̪͈̦͙͕͈͎̣̱̅̒̂͆͒̎́͊͝e̵̛͔͍̟̫̒̇̏̅̎̓͛̎̌͘͝ŗ̴̛̣͚̥͈͙̫̩͖̱̰͍̮͔͎͓̯̬̭͂̂̋̃͆̄͗͑̃́͋̿̈́͐̈́̓͛͗̊̈́̒̚̕͜͠͠͝ͅ,̷̛͕̦̰̤̱́͋͑͐̍̃̎̔̍̔̋̽̃͛͐́̈̉͒͆͘͝͠ ̶̛̳̫̤͎͍̣̱̠̩̀̊̔̊̋̏̇͑̎̔̾̎͐̑͌̐̉̊̓͘͘͘͜͜ͅy̶̩̞̠̝̯͓̿͑͂͛͋̏̏̽̌̈́̀̄̇͌̊̄̃̀̈́̒̀͋͂̋̽̂͘͘͘̕͜ǫ̶̨͙͔̱͓̝͚̬͔̜͙͉̬̼̲̼̳̩̙̪͕͓̫̳̹͖̲̮̽̄́̀̄̍̌͗͂̑̿̓̾̇́̏̓̑̐̔́́̀͊̇͒͘͝ṵ̷̻̰͈̝̼̲͎͋͆̎ ̶̧̞͉̫̣̦͔̘̤̫̲̿̊̅̂̔̃̏̾̒̈́̀̅̑͆͜͠ą̸͍̬̲̼̦̱̹̟̦̯̙̘͓̯͔̰̹̣̠̩̼̗͓̰̻̙̇͗̾͜r̷̢̡̛̬͇̭̖͔̫̥̬͑̋̐̑̔̄̍͌̆̽͒̃̿͘e̵̡̧̖̲͔͙̣̞̳͗̉̇̇͌̉̄͘̕͜ ̸̱̋̇͒̐̑͐̒̌͒̌̆̓̋̊̅̇̿͗́̌̕̕̚̕͠b̶͓͉̤̟̘̀̇̉̈o̵̧̧̡̗͖̩̤̜͇̩̯̠͒̔̌̎̒͊͆͋̈́͌̈́̇̾̾͛͒͜͝͝͝ư̵̡̛͚̗̠̭̝͎̺̗̲͉͔̝̘̬̟̳̩̍̾̉̇̄̿̓͜͜͠ͅͅn̷͙̠̹͖̗̗̫̤̲̜̖͓̍̈͋͊̚͜d̶̢͎̖̩͈͈̲̦͚̥̔͗́͐̈́̐̔̊̐̿̽͑̓ ̵̨̡̢̮͖̳̩̠͖͚͉͇̣̠̪̫̜̠̤̬̤͕͇̀̅͗̅͋̀͆̌̍̀̋͂͘ͅţ̶̙͉̼̦̟̫̼̦̩̙͓̻̯͔̳͎͖̳͉̮͔̉́̃̐̇͋̎̕͝ͅơ̸̦̤̺͇̲̯̣̜̽̓̾̀̅́̐̓̕̚͝͝ ̸̛̟͈̱̭͍͓̹͕͙̣̫͕͕̟̹͛̀̇̇̈́͒̒̒̔̉͌͗̈́̊̎̀̾̀̒͘͘̚͝͝͝͝͝ͅŗ̸̦̯̞̱̺͓̲̟̜̺͔͉͆̇̄̆̆̏̀̅ͅe̴̡͈̙̭̠͕͐̈́̊̂̈̽̇ĭ̷̧̛͇̭͔̬͙̫̙̻̱̤̦͎̭͙̣̘̩̇͗̔̈͋̚͜ņ̷̧̧̗̼̤̮̝̪͕̪̫̼̫͎̝̗̤̽͌̉̈́ć̴̨̻̙̺͉̻̣̥͉͖̫̖̥͖̝̭̳̯͍͚͚̫̀̎̈́̇̒̋͂̂̿͐̈́̿̇̔͛͜͝a̴̛̛͍̺͍̮̻̺̻̥̝̤̥͒̾̇̎́̉̔͊̆́̂̊̈̄̅̉̿̕̕̕͝͝r̵̹̞͙̲͚̞͈͆̉̌̎̅͗̓͆̆͛ñ̶̢̡̳̪͕̙̘̘̭̪̻͈͈̤͖̪͚̯̳̘͇̬̲̊̅̀̾͗̈́̃̈́̔͒̀̉̒̀͐͛̽͒͆̽̒̎̎͘͘͝͠͠a̵̤̓͊͂̓̎͂t̴̛̗̞̬͙͎͔͐̿̀̽͑̍̌̅͑͋̒͐̅̎̀̊̀̂͝ȩ̵̛̛̞̲̜̖̠̭̳̪͓̩͈̫͒̽́̽̌̆̃̅́͌̄͗̃̎̆͋̓̑͋͐̕̚̚.̵̦̭̗̣͖͖̹̺͎̆̀͊̅̀̏̌͋̎͘̚͠"̴̱̘̺͑́͋̚
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What...?
What did this even...?
-Look, it's Venti! -His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a familiar voice, one coming from down below. -Big Brother Venti, can you come down and talk with Klee...? -The Small Pyromaniac soon asked him from her spot at the tree trunk, as even from here he could see her concerned expression. -...You feel a lot better now, right...?
-I am feeling a lot better now, Klee. -He couldn't help but soon tell her, upon teleporting down, moments later noticing Albedo and an embarrassed-looking Sucrose by the child's side. -Did something happen after I left...? Sucrose seems a little...
-Sister Sucrose started acting weird ever since Klee's had a talk with her and Big Brother Albedo about sleeping together! Klee just wanted to cuddle with my Big Brother and Sister, but when I told them about this, Sister Sucrose suddenly got all embarrassed! -The child said right away, sounding a little annoyed, as a pouting expression soon appeared on her face. -Klee doesn't understand why Sister Sucrose is embarrassed about "sleep-cuddling" with me!
-I-it's not because of that, but rather...-Sucrose quietly mumbled, as she glanced towards Albedo, her blush deepening. -...I-I don't mind joining in, if you really want...M-me to...B-but just give me time to...T-to prepare myself!
-It's alright if you do not want to do this, Sucrose. -Albedo soon told her in as much reassurance as he could muster, before turning to look towards the now-confused child. -And Klee. All I can tell you now is that after a boy and a girl grow up, some things in their relationship also changes. This includes the act of touching, as some of it is relatively fine, while certain other things...-His words soon trailed off as he saw Sucrose's reddening face, his expression turning thoughtful. How would be the best way to put this...? -...Let's just say that even "sleep-cuddling" is not something you can do with just anyone. -He decided to say upon glancing towards Sucrose again, before turning to look back towards his Little Sister. -I know that you want Sucrose to join us, Klee, but this is not an easy decision for her to make. You should give your sister some time to decide for herself if she wants to join us or not. And whatever this decision would be, even if Sucrose refuses to join us, you have to accept it. -He soon explained to her, looking and sounding quite serious, before glancing towards Sucrose, with Klee moments later following his gaze, as she noticed the still slightly-embarrassed Alchemist. Seeing the child's currently regretful expression, it appears that Klee understood what he meant. He was glad that she took his words to heart. -Now that you know why Sucrose reacted as she did, we shall give her time to come to a decision. And in the meantime, didn't you want to say something to "Big Brother Venti"...?
In reaction to these words, the child looked confused for a few seconds,
Before her eyes suddenly widened, as if she came to a great realization...
-That's right, Klee almost forgot! I wanted to tell you what happened after you left the Banquet, Venti! -She couldn't help but soon say, looking and sounding quite serious, as well as enthusiastic. -After you left like that, everyone was very worried, including Klee! But Big Sister Nahida said you are going to be okay and she's very nice, so everyone soon agreed! So we continued listening to nice music and eating tasty food until the whole thing was over! Then everyone started making plans for the night! -She soon started the small retelling, her voice and expression mostly serious now. -Sister Noelle stayed behind, saying she'll help clean the place up and Master Jean didn't like it at all and they had a small quarrel over it! But then Sister Barbara said it's going to be fine and the two left! Then everyone else started leaving, too! Brother Mika left with Mister Kaveh and Mister Alha...tam...? -She couldn't help but ask in confusion, as her expression turned thoughtful for a few seconds. -Klee's not sure how to spell his name, but I hear they left to his house! Then Sister Collei and Sister Amber left together with Tighnari! And then Mister Dvalin and Miss Vennessa said they are going on patrol...? Isn't Sumeru safe now or did Klee misunderstand...?
-It is safe for now, but you never know what might happen in the future. -A familiar voice was soon heard from nearby, as Jean and Barbara arrived to the group. -I am glad to see that you are alright now, Venti.
-I am also glad to see that you are alright now, Venti. Even though both the Sumeru Archon and the Winds reassured as such, I...-Barbara soon added, looking and sounding a little sad, before her expression suddenly got thoughtful and a little embarrassed. -...I also heard from the Winds how you just talked about "sleep-cuddling" and Mister Albedo's explanation to Klee. I-I never really saw it like that before...But I still liked it...-She couldn't help but soon mumble, her expression turning happier moments later. -After leaving the Hanayomi Estate and before coming to find you, Big Sister Jean and I talked about our sleeping arrangements. Both of us agree to "sleep-cuddle" together tonight, all three of us. Big Sister doesn't mind, but what do you think about this, Venti...? Do you want the three of us to share a bed...I-in a platonic way…? Or do you not like this idea, since it sounds a little embarrassing...?