ADVENTURE TIME

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[ 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!

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[rotacalamitas]

[Being the face of every branch of the Adventurer's Guild, Katheryne was well aware of the... bombastic nature of Fontaine's (now former) Hydro Archon. And though Furina no longer held the seat of her own volition, Katheryne felt this was a situation that had to be addressed carefully. Word travels quickly, after all.

The issue isn't the payment, Lady Furina. Many of our adventurers are currently--

But fortune favors the bold, as they say. A young voice calls out to Katheryne nearby, as if answering Furina's plight.]

Did I just hear that right, Katheryne? There's an unclaimed commission waiting to be taken on? Just leave it to me! If she's looking for a tour guide, I don't think anybody knows the hidden nooks and crannies of Mondstadt better than I do!

[If Katheryne's face was capable of showing emotion, her eye would be twitching right now. Although she was well aware of Bennett's skill as an adventurer, she was equally aware of the dark clouds of misfortune that followed him everywhere. Surely, allowing him to guide an esteemed guest such as Furina was...]