[His expression tightens with noticeable disbelief at first. Someone purposeless being able to do anything... Pft. It just sounded like a paradox. What worth did any of them have, other than to fill a space for a bored and restless deity?
But Elliot moves on, and Lutha does his best to unclench his jaw as he leads them into the main square, hesitating only a moment before gruffly nodding to the side to one of the winding sets of stairs.]
Figures that's what you'd judge things on. ["Things that literally anyone could have predicted" for 100, Alex.] It's not like variety always has to be important. Preservation means you stagnate sometimes. [And spirits only know his own land hadn't budged much in the last couple of centuries, either.
...]
Still... for a place that bragged about freedom, I don't see what reason they'd have to stick with what's always been done.
Why do you keep cycling back to that, anyway? You've got to have other reasons for working for all of this besides music.
[He's not surprised that Lutha immediately tries to be contrary. He's getting used to that just being how Lutha is. Sounds like he does get what Elliot means eventually though]
See? Exactly. Preservation's one thing, but I don't think that's what it is. Teyvat isn't engulfed in war or a large crisis. There's no reason art and music shouldn't be evolving - but something's blocking that evolution.
[Which just isn't natural. Music, people, places...they grow and evolve with time. ]
Eheh, well I am a professional musician. Music is what I understand best, so it's how I verified what Forneus told me. [That's all] But it's like I said - I think Celestia needs to be held accountable their actions, and I want people to have a chance to choose their own paths. So if I can, I want to help.
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But Elliot moves on, and Lutha does his best to unclench his jaw as he leads them into the main square, hesitating only a moment before gruffly nodding to the side to one of the winding sets of stairs.]
Figures that's what you'd judge things on. ["Things that literally anyone could have predicted" for 100, Alex.] It's not like variety always has to be important. Preservation means you stagnate sometimes. [And spirits only know his own land hadn't budged much in the last couple of centuries, either.
...]
Still... for a place that bragged about freedom, I don't see what reason they'd have to stick with what's always been done.
Why do you keep cycling back to that, anyway? You've got to have other reasons for working for all of this besides music.
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See? Exactly. Preservation's one thing, but I don't think that's what it is. Teyvat isn't engulfed in war or a large crisis. There's no reason art and music shouldn't be evolving - but something's blocking that evolution.
[Which just isn't natural. Music, people, places...they grow and evolve with time. ]
Eheh, well I am a professional musician. Music is what I understand best, so it's how I verified what Forneus told me. [That's all] But it's like I said - I think Celestia needs to be held accountable their actions, and I want people to have a chance to choose their own paths. So if I can, I want to help.