"I don't trust this guy at all" Emma whispered to the traveler as they were following the balladeer deeper into the Irminsul.
"I agree!" Paimon said stomping on the air with one of her legs, clearly mad.
"We just have to follow him there, Nahida will give us instructions" Aether replied.
In fact, he wasn't sure about any of this either, but if he wanted information about his sister, he had to do this.
"You do know I can hear you right?" Scaramouche said, still walking and not turning back, Paimon let out a yelp "Relax. Lies have a place and time, and it's not here or now".
Emma sighed and continued walking quietly between Aether and Paimon. She needed to trust this guy if she wanted to know about her origins. Throughout her journey she came to the conclusion that she was from Khaenri'ah. But she wanted to know more. That's why she asked Aether to join him on his journey after helping him during the Stormterror incident.
Travelling was very exhausting, both physically and mentally, especially for her because she didn't quite like interacting with strangers, and while travelling with Aether she had to interact with lots of people everyday.
However Sumeru was a bit easier because she found Shannon, her best and only real close friend from Mondstadt, who was casually doing research on the different artistic areas the nation of wisdom had to offer.
Emma was taken in by the church when she was a child, however she didn't want to stay there, so when she turned into a teenager she became an adventurer. During her expeditions she met Shannon.
"Hello! Nice to meet you! I'm Shannon, are you a new adventurer?" The blonde girl asked.
"Yeah" Emma replied, nodding her head "I'm Emma" they both shook hands.
"If you're free, we could go and see my grandpa perform in front of the cathedral! He's a bard!" Shannon suggested.
"Your grandpa is a bard?" Emma raised an eyebrow.
"Oh! Did I say grandpa? I'm so sorry sometimes my head is in the clouds, I meant my friend, my friend is a bard!" She laughed nervously.
"Hmmm... okay I guess, this should be fun" Emma said and smiled to the blonde.
Shannon was a girl that was born and raised in Mondstadt, with a strong sense of creativity and freedom of expression. She wanted to travel across Teyvat to learn about different cultures and artistic areas in all the nations.
Emma wished to have such a clear dream, or at least to be confident about what she wanted to do in the future. At that moment her only worries were doing comissions to earn enough mora for food and saving to move from the church.
She felt so lost in life, she didn't feel like she belonged anywhere, she didn't know where she came from, or where to go.
That was until Aether came into her life, and somehow gave her ambitons and the desire to know more about the world and herself. They've been wandering together ever since they met, both of them with no clear destination or clues of the whereabouts of the answers they were looking for.
Later on, the girl found out she was from Khaenri'ah, information she received from none other than Dainsleif. But he could only tell her that because of the blood that ran through her veins, and that was the only thing he could do for her.
This significant advance on her search for the truth of her identity made her even more curious, so she won't stop until she's satisfied.
When she found Shannon in Sumeru she got very excited to see her friend again, and asked her what was she doing there.
