[homophonic] catchall for mizuki

[dendroculi]

MIZUKI

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[dendroculi]

...well... I'm glad to be feeling better, so that makes two of us.

[adorabrawler]

How did that even happen to you in the first place?

[dendroculi]

...I'm not sure. One moment, I was here... the next, I was waking up in a cave. Only... I didn't remember ever having been here at all. I was mostly just confused why I was there.

[adorabrawler]

So you lost your memories?

[dendroculi]

...I'm not sure if "lost" is the right word. Because, while I was there... I looked the way I did when I came out of the colosseum. Both my body and my mind were as they were when I was much, much younger than I am now.

[adorabrawler]

... Somehow that seems a little—backwards?

[dendroculi]

I guess in most cases it would... I wasn't always this small, though. I started looking this way around the time I lost my memory.

[a beat.]

Back in Teyvat, that is. Not here.

[adorabrawler]

... Oh. Sooo... your appearance reflects your experiences?

[dendroculi]

Umm... in a way. As people and things grow, they accumulate energy. By reversing the process of growth, you can unleash that energy and make use of power beyond your own limits.

I had to do that, once... but I ended up looking like this and losing my memories as a result.

[adorabrawler]

Ohhhh...

... Godhood sounds complicated.

[dendroculi]

Hehe... I guess it is, a little.

[adorabrawler]

Mm... What happened while you were out?

[dendroculi]

A lot of things. I still don't quite know exactly what happened to the others before we found each other... but from the sound of it, we all woke up in a cave, and we all faced a monster that seemed intent on hurting us in very specific ways.

For me... it was not being able to protect people from my nation, who were depending on me.

[adorabrawler]

That's... so targeted. Why?

[dendroculi]

...I really don't know.

[adorabrawler]

... Yeah, I guess you wouldn't. That just sounds like it was designed to hurt you.

[dendroculi]

Maybe whoever came up with the Reaper's Game is a sadist.

[adorabrawler]

Considering everything else... I'd buy that.

[dendroculi]

It's... a little frustrating. I don't want to give them the satisfaction of being upset, but it's hard not to be.

[adorabrawler]

Just beat 'em senseless later! That'll make you feel better.

[dendroculi]

[that startles her into laughing]

Hehe, do you think so?

[adorabrawler]

It always makes me feel better.

[dendroculi]

I'm not sure how effective that would be for me... I don't hit very hard.

[adorabrawler]

Naaah, I bet you could. Especially once you know where it really hurts most.

[dendroculi]

Hehe, it's true that strategy can make up for a lack of physical strength.