[ Well, he can certainly understand not wanting to bombard someone immediately for information - it's how he himself usually operates after all, and the fact that for once he's erred on the side of rashness really goes to show how shaken he's been by this whole revelation. Dainsleif's patience is a much-needed reminder to slow down and calm the pounding of blood in his veins; they have nothing but time in this town, time enough to reacquaint himself with a man he'd long thought dead with the rest and see whether his words can really be trusted.
As for the memory loss...the theory that it's likely the town's doing certainly does make more sense than the curse targeting one specific name. Though of course that raises some worrying questions of its own, but he has no reason to doubt Dainsleif's explanation on this when there's nothing else in his demeanor that suggests otherwise. ]
I see...I've noticed a few others missing memories as well, so it may be the town has affected us all in this manner. [ But that's a topic better suited for a larger group, and he has little interest in divulging the own gaps in his memories, so he'll quickly move on. ] The Chasm, hm? Ha, how funny...to think we could have run into each other there were it not for fate's little tricks.
[ That 'little trick' being something he deliberately set up so he could avoid going...but that's neither here or there. ]
....Khaenri'ah. That's what our homeland was once called. [ Even if he doesn't trust Dainsleif fully yet, he can give him this at the very least. A pittance of a payment for the struggles he must have faced in such a long, long lifetime. ]
[ Dainsleif wonders a little at that. Not because he doubts it, but because he is actually glad that they had not run into one another in the Chasm of all places. While he doesn't have any worries about Kaeya's combat ability due to hearing enough rumors while in Mondstadt, and knowing he possesses more than just swordplay, given the kind of machinations present in that area, it could've been troublesome for a first meeting. Better that it be somewhere that isn't hampered by things like, you know, irritating Abyss Heralds, Abyss Lectors, and their wretched henchmen.
Better it be on somewhere that is more neutral ground...like this. Even if this place still isn't exactly ideal in his mind for a reunion. But, maybe there is something to what Kaeya has said—fate oft has its plans. Though he would dare not subscribe to the thought he is constrained ultimately by such things. ]
"Khaenri'ah".
[ He repeats the name of the homeland. The fact remains that it is lost, and it will never be revived in the way that it once was. But, to lose the memory of the name of the place he had been born within and watched torn to pieces...it had not been insubstantial. Not when he is already afflicted with a curse and lost so much already.
Though, speaking of which, he lets out a small cough that managed to slip through. ]
I believe that should be enough for now. Unfortunately, I can't say that my journey with the Traveler through the Chasm hasn't been without peril. So, I must leave for now. If you have any further questions, we may talk later.
[ He turns away and begins to make his departure. ]
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As for the memory loss...the theory that it's likely the town's doing certainly does make more sense than the curse targeting one specific name. Though of course that raises some worrying questions of its own, but he has no reason to doubt Dainsleif's explanation on this when there's nothing else in his demeanor that suggests otherwise. ]
I see...I've noticed a few others missing memories as well, so it may be the town has affected us all in this manner. [ But that's a topic better suited for a larger group, and he has little interest in divulging the own gaps in his memories, so he'll quickly move on. ] The Chasm, hm? Ha, how funny...to think we could have run into each other there were it not for fate's little tricks.
[ That 'little trick' being something he deliberately set up so he could avoid going...but that's neither here or there. ]
....Khaenri'ah. That's what our homeland was once called. [ Even if he doesn't trust Dainsleif fully yet, he can give him this at the very least. A pittance of a payment for the struggles he must have faced in such a long, long lifetime. ]
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[ Dainsleif wonders a little at that. Not because he doubts it, but because he is actually glad that they had not run into one another in the Chasm of all places. While he doesn't have any worries about Kaeya's combat ability due to hearing enough rumors while in Mondstadt, and knowing he possesses more than just swordplay, given the kind of machinations present in that area, it could've been troublesome for a first meeting. Better that it be somewhere that isn't hampered by things like, you know, irritating Abyss Heralds, Abyss Lectors, and their wretched henchmen.
Better it be on somewhere that is more neutral ground...like this. Even if this place still isn't exactly ideal in his mind for a reunion. But, maybe there is something to what Kaeya has said—fate oft has its plans. Though he would dare not subscribe to the thought he is constrained ultimately by such things. ]
"Khaenri'ah".
[ He repeats the name of the homeland. The fact remains that it is lost, and it will never be revived in the way that it once was. But, to lose the memory of the name of the place he had been born within and watched torn to pieces...it had not been insubstantial. Not when he is already afflicted with a curse and lost so much already.
Though, speaking of which, he lets out a small cough that managed to slip through. ]
I believe that should be enough for now. Unfortunately, I can't say that my journey with the Traveler through the Chasm hasn't been without peril. So, I must leave for now. If you have any further questions, we may talk later.
[ He turns away and begins to make his departure. ]