[He sits down, close to Vanitas, enjoying the other's presence with a small smile. Quiet moments like these aren't rare anymore, but they're still very precious to him. All of them.
He's a little surprised when Vanitas asks him that question, though. Aether's smile falls and it takes him a moment to answer.]
We were separated by a god... We tried to leave Teyvat but an unknown god stopped us. I fell asleep for 500 years, but it seems it wasn't the same for my sister.
[His gaze grows distant, unfocused on anything in particular.]
When we met again, she told me we couldn't be reunited just yet. That I had to see the world and only then I would understand.
[ He knew Aether's lifespan was far beyond that of a human being's, but to be asleep for 500 years, and wake up after that? How cruel. Aether waking up is quite obviously a blessing, but Vanitas cannot imagine the turmoil he himself would have gone through if he were presented with that sort of knowledge after being asleep for centuries.
It's fascinating that such a thing could be made possible, but of course it was at the hands of a god. He has no room to scorn anyone for wielding such great power, given his abilities back at home and how he used them, but he will anyway. ]
So that "god" decided that you needed to be in stasis while your sister got to roam the world freely, and you've yet to receive a proper explanation?
[ Wow, he hates that, actually.
Vanitas doesn't move; his position is stationary, as is his hold on Aether. Even so, that in itself is a good sign that he's not going anywhere. It's strange, to care so much and provide support to someone like this. Given how long they've been together, though, it's only natural that his caring side would show itself like this around the only person he trusts enough with it. ]
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He's a little surprised when Vanitas asks him that question, though. Aether's smile falls and it takes him a moment to answer.]
We were separated by a god... We tried to leave Teyvat but an unknown god stopped us. I fell asleep for 500 years, but it seems it wasn't the same for my sister.
[His gaze grows distant, unfocused on anything in particular.]
When we met again, she told me we couldn't be reunited just yet. That I had to see the world and only then I would understand.
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[ He knew Aether's lifespan was far beyond that of a human being's, but to be asleep for 500 years, and wake up after that? How cruel. Aether waking up is quite obviously a blessing, but Vanitas cannot imagine the turmoil he himself would have gone through if he were presented with that sort of knowledge after being asleep for centuries.
It's fascinating that such a thing could be made possible, but of course it was at the hands of a god. He has no room to scorn anyone for wielding such great power, given his abilities back at home and how he used them, but he will anyway. ]
So that "god" decided that you needed to be in stasis while your sister got to roam the world freely, and you've yet to receive a proper explanation?
[ Wow, he hates that, actually.
Vanitas doesn't move; his position is stationary, as is his hold on Aether. Even so, that in itself is a good sign that he's not going anywhere. It's strange, to care so much and provide support to someone like this. Given how long they've been together, though, it's only natural that his caring side would show itself like this around the only person he trusts enough with it. ]