𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 ✦ 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 ⁽ᴹᵃˡᵉ ᵛᵉʳ⁾

𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

"Hilichurl meals have a lot of meat. Not just meat though, fowl too! Do we have both?"

M/n turned to look at his two travel buddies and quivered with delight when he found that Paimon was floating beside a pile of fowl while Aether held a bag of meat.

"I think this should be enough." Aether replied while Paimon nodded eagerly.

"Good! Aether, come, let me teach you." M/n ordered, "Paimon, could you add the ingredients as we go please?"

"Got it!" the pixie exclaimed.

It wasn't much of a surprise that m/n was thrilled about camping out. He'd picked a spot on a hill that overlooked Liyue Harbor so that they could simply glide down when the time to meet up with Childe came.

He was oddly bossy, though it wasn't completely uncharacteristic of him. Really, he was just excited to be camping with two of his favorite people.

He remained crouched by the fire with focused e/c eyes, a small hilichurl mask on the side of his head. A little gift from the nearby hilichurl tribe who had also given the three travelers potatoes.

"Is it done yet?" Paimon asked.

M/n shook his head, "Nye. It needs another hour to cook before it's ready."

"What!? An hour!?" Paimon cried, then floating to the ground to sit there like a disappointed child, "Paimon can't wait that long..."

M/n gave the pixie a smile, "How about I tell you stories? My family used to dance and sing to pass time while food cooked but I am not good at teaching others to dance."

"Oooh, yes! A story sounds nice!" Paimon chirped, sitting down on one of the two logs m/n had dragged for their little camping spot, taking the spot beside Aether.

"What story would you like to hear?" m/n asked, sitting down on the other log.

"Hm... how about your scars? Where did you get them from?" Aether hummed.

M/n blinked, a little surprised but gave his friend a grin, "Alright then! I will start with... this one!"

He pointed to a long cut from the palm of his left hand that stretched all the way up past his sleeve and stopped at his elbow. He had noticed Aether staring at that particular scar earlier that day.

"This one is from when I went adventuring with Kaeya and Diluc!" m/n chimed, "We ran into a Lawachurl but since I was still a stupid little kid, I thought I could fight it."

"You tried to fight a lawachurl?" Paimon cried and m/n chuckled.

"Yeah, had it not been for Kaeya and Diluc, I probably would have gotten hurt much more." m/n admitted then scowled at his friends, "Do not tell anyone I said the snake's name."

"My mouth is shut." Aether promised, pretending to zip his lips shut and m/n relaxed again.

"This one right here was when Amber and I went exploring. An ice Lawachurl attacked us and we had to hide in a cave but not before the thing nearly took off my leg!" m/n continued, pointing to his left leg, "Amber stayed with me until Matr came to help."

M/n continued pointing to each of his scars, explaining where they'd come from.

One on his shoulder from when a boar caught him by surprise while hunting with Razor.

Another from when he couldn't get out of the way of a collapsing mine in time to avoid having his foot broken.

Some from when he was thrown through the roof of the cathedral by ruin guards.