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ADVENTURE TIME
[ The winds feel... different than the sea air she was use to in Fontaine. With no tethers to her lands, she can truly live as she has dreamed of for centuries. To travel where freedom calls for her, where sweet songs were said to come from and perhaps even visit the darting mountains in Liyue.
There was plenty of possibility, the kind that brings Furina right to Katheryne where she's patting the table in front of her anxiously. ]
You mean... no one has accepted the offer? The commission has been posted for four hours! I thought this land was full of curious adventurers! That is what the Steambird has stated!
[ However, despite her pout, she isn't rude. Muttering softly to herself, Furina stews: maybe I can find a way to go out myself.
But – she isn't going to give up. ]
W-What if I double payment? Surely, there's someone willing to give tours to weary travelers!
There was plenty of possibility, the kind that brings Furina right to Katheryne where she's patting the table in front of her anxiously. ]
You mean... no one has accepted the offer? The commission has been posted for four hours! I thought this land was full of curious adventurers! That is what the Steambird has stated!
[ However, despite her pout, she isn't rude. Muttering softly to herself, Furina stews: maybe I can find a way to go out myself.
But – she isn't going to give up. ]
W-What if I double payment? Surely, there's someone willing to give tours to weary travelers!
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Oh, well, that's an easy one! You've gotta try the Sweet Madame from Good Hunter! The sweetness of the flowers with the meat just can't be beat! [Bennett truly missed his calling as a salesman.] You know, some people around town believe that Sweet Madame should only be made from pigeons, but I dunno... That doesn't seem like it'd be enough food? Well... It'd do if you needed it to go on an adventure with, I guess.
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[He repeats back the words Furina had suggested.]
Mmm... I dunno, isn't that a little too on the nose?
[It sounds like it would limit the dish to just pigeons then.]
Besides, in my opinion, it doesn't matter what kind of meat you use. I've had Sweet Madame made from all sorts of different fowl and it all tastes about the same to me. What really matters is the Sweet Flower glaze that it's cooked in!
[He is hardly a food connoisseur. Meat is meat and meat is delicious to him.] C'mon, I promise once you try it, you'll see it can't be beat!
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[ Furina is calling Mondstadt poor, it's true. ]
I will try this dish, however, as traveling is quite a tiring feat. [ Especially traveling without any stopping! She bee-lined it right to Mondstadt after she got the idea in her head to go explore. ...Perhaps, she thinks, she could find a slumbering Anemo Archon during this travel too. ] If this is what welcomes the wary and curious, guide us to where we order such a dish. ...A-and with extra Sweet Flower glaze on the side, too, o'Tour Guide.
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[Was that supposed to be a good thing? The way he sounds so proud of it, it must be a good thing, right? ...Right?]
Anyway, to Good Hunter, then!
[He pumps his fist in the air, and then points ahead to their destination, which wasn't far at all from their current location, just a short walk up the path to a little restaurant by the fountain.]
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Furina notes the smell of cooking meat in the air, of warm bread, and can hear the clang of glasses to toasting friends already seated near Good Hunter. The garb and mannerisms were quite different than Fontaine and it feels...
easy to let her shoulders loosen and her eyes wander around curiously. ]
Is your town's square always like this?
[ When they arrive at Good Hunter, Furina can't help but focus on the fountain – with little children playing with the leaves floating on the surface. ]
Busy, bustling. ...Lively!
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[Bennett beams with pride over this fact. Mondstadt may not be as big as Liyue, or full of as many mysteries as Sumeru, or as fancy as Fontaine, but Mondstadt made up for that with heart.
Bennett whirls around, and continues walking backwards now as he does so, gesturing to the beauties of Mondstadt.]
In Mondstadt, we're all free to live our lives however we choose, laughing and loving every moment of them. We can pray, or fight, or cheer, or celebrate. We can carve our own paths through the adventure that is life. Life is the best in Mondstadt, because whatever we do, it's something we chose to do! That's why--
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Agh?!
[He lands in the water with a SPLASH. The kids playing nearby let out a giggle at what happened to him, as all eyes are on him now.]
Aww man...
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Furina listens to Bennett, caught in the adventurous way he describes his city. That wanderlust in his eyes was not for leaving, she sees it – he wants to know the lands here unlike anyone else! It's endearing, really. She too is following closely behind him and by the time he flops into the fountain – Furina nearly tumbles in right with him!
Her knees catch the edge and the splash hits her a bit but she cares little. ]
A-Are you alright?! [ A hand extends out, confusion washed as much as care. ] I wasn't aware the show had a water-centric finale... but... it is memorable, huh? Here, let me help you.
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H-haha, yeah... Yeah, I'm fine. [He smiles cheerily, despite what happened, and firmly grasps her hand. His clothes were soaked, sticking to his body, and the gloves he normally wore were no different, some water seeping out of them as he squeezes her hand. But with her kindness and help offered, he pulls himself out of the water.]
Sorry about that, I should have been watching where I was going. [He scratches the back of his head, with an almost unbothered grin on his face. Like it was no big deal this happened to him, even as water almost pours itself out of his uniform.]