The Lion Dancing Show, Which Was Like A Clam

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All of the siblings began heading down the sidewalk. The assignment of map-holding was given to Freminet, whose face was completely engulfed in the large paper, his brows furrowing a little.

Lynette gracefully tapped her pointed shoes against the concrete with each step she took. Lyney was observing his little brother, curiously, his own hands cupped politely behind himself.

"Well, what's making you think that hard, Freminet? The restaurant should be right up ahead," Lyney states, noticing the way Freminet's brows furrow as he focuses.

"Oh. Nothing. Did I look distraught?" The freckled boy inquires, quietly.

Lyney taps a finger against his chin, skipping across the sidewalk. "Not 'distraught,' just confused. I was afraid for a moment," he chuckled. "Perhaps, I thought, there would be actual lions at the show, with the way you observed the yellow dot so taken aback."

"Oh, haha," Freminet replies, his laugh very monotone. At times, though he'd never mention it aloud, he felt Lyney made remarks that were hard to reply to, rhetorical, awkward...passive-aggressive.

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Within the next passing minutes, the trio approached Quail Dancing Moon. Crowds of citizens stood, chatting happily, their words so close, yet unable to be deciphered.

Freminet cowered down, using the map to hide himself as best he could. Lynette had already strayed away from her brothers, crouching down to interact with a gray cat.

Lyney took Freminet's arm, walking with him over to a man directing the crowds of people into organized sections, and telling them what to do.

"Excuse me, there, sir. Do you know when this show begins?" The blond magician quizzes, borrowing the map from Freminet's hands to point out the yellow dot with his finger.

"Yes," the man answers. "The lion dancing will begin within the next ten minutes. The duration will be 15 minutes."

"Wonderful! Thank you," Lyney says back, bowing with his hat. "Come, little brother. We have to get a nice spot for the show..." Lyney looks around the location for a moment, before deadpanning. "And find Lynette, WHO WENT OFF SOMEWHERE," he groans.

Lyney pulls Freminet along with him again, and they go on a search for their sister. The people, the lanterns set up around the restaurant, and Liyue as a whole, become a blur to Freminet, as Lyney zips around, and the freckled one becomes dizzy.

"Ah, there she is!" Lyney calls, spotting Lynette. His hand slips from Freminet's arm as he rushes off to catch up with his twin - forgetting very quickly that Freminet was even with him.

"Wh-wait-euh!" Freminet starts to say, before getting pushed to the side by passerby. He regains balance, but then nearly getting knocked down again.

This time, he can feel, it's not by someone, but by an object. The item that knocked against his head felt like paper - very heavy and weighty paper.

"I'm so sorry!" says a piercing voice. It's not an annoyingly loud one, but it gets Freminet to jump in his skin, because he wasn't expecting the sudden call.

He hesitantly turns around to face the owner of the voice, seeing a young man with dark brown hair, and mulch-red tips. He looks sincerely concerned and a little fearful.

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