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Roughly it’s been 2 days, 3 hours and 25 minutes since Collei’s release from the medical ward, now she sits in the lobby of the ‘Goth Grand Hotel’. With Cyno’s help they had managed to seal whatever powers she had left behind. The only consequence that resulted was that Collei felt even more tired than she did before. ‘That must’ve kept me going’ she says as she expects her arm. She manages to catch a glimpse of what seems to be a sort of dark patch on her forearm. She was all curious but shakes off the feeling for now.
‘Mr. Cyno must be waiting to go now’ she thought. Grabbing her bag and essentials, she rushed out the door of the Hotel to see Cyno, Amber, and Eula. She slows down the closer she gets to them. “Mr. Cyno I’m ready to go” as she halts right next to him.
“Understood, we should be making our way if we want to make it to Stone Gate before nightfall.” He says, “Awhh I’m going to miss you Collei, write to me every moment you get ‘kay?” Amber exclaimed while she went for a big hug. Eula stood behind her with her arms crossed with a small but gentle smile, “I wish you safe travels Collei, and I do hope you’ll return to visit Mondstadt soon.” Amber nods in agreement, “If you visit later this year you’ll be able to see the Windblume Festival!!”
“What’s that?” She asks, “The Windblume Festival is whe-“ “Ehem..” Cyno coughs, “Right sorry, you should get going now.” She gives one more hug to Collei and walks to stand next to Eula. Cyno makes sure that Collei has everything she needs for the journey home, once he's done, they make their way to the main entrance of Mondstadt.
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Walking through the plains of Mondstadt, Collei began to note down everything she found interesting. So far it consisted of:
Big Tree in the distance
Springvale village
And the most recent one
Big House with lots of plants in front
“Mr. Cyno, what is this place?” Questioning as she points to the house, he makes a short glance to where she gestured and notes. “That would be where Mondstadt makes the majority of its wine. It’s been owned by the same family for generations.” he explained(☝️🤓). “That's really cool, though next time don’t use that voice.” “What do you mean by that?” “Nevermind..” She glances at him and begins walking away. “Collei!?”
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A couple more days have passed, and right now they are making it through a place called Dihua Marsh. The scenery is pretty but there's too many Hilichurls in Collei’s opinion, but she didn’t have to worry because Cyno took care of that. In the distance she saw yet another big tree, but this one was larger than the one in Mondstadt. Cyno soon spoke, “We’ll be staying there for the night, after some rest we’ll get heading to Liyue Harbor then ask someone to take us to Sumeru by boat.” “We can stay inside a tree?” she asked oddly weirded out by the fact Cyno said they’ll be sleeping inside a tree. “Yes, we can. That is Wangshu Inn. think of it as a really big tree house.” “What’s a treehouse?” “...” “…” “You have so much to learn” “Well it’s not my fault I don’t know what a treehouse is.” (a/n: I’m not sure if Collei knew much after escaping so I’m just assuming bc she was /w Dottore from a young age.) “Whatever..Come on kid.”
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Later that night as Collei laid asleep Cyno began writing two letters. One to Keaya informing him about their whereabouts, and also about Collei’s forming condition. Then a short one to a friend of Keaya’s in Liyue Harbor asking if they can have a boat for their journey to Sumeru. ‘Let’s just hope we can get her there in time.’ Cyno sends out both the letters with the Kaeya’s rifthound. ‘Why does Kaeya keep him around, weren’t the monsters of Teyvat once human?’ he shakes off his thoughts and blows the candles out and heads off to bed. Where a journey ahead laid before him.