After discussing, silence fell.
Alex picked up his phone: "I have Furina videos. Want to watch?"
"Yes!" Focalors nodded.
They sat on a bench. Focalors leaned close, head near Alex's chest.
"Mmm~" Focalors was satisfied—comfortable, great view, phone screen filling her vision.
Alex remembered the All-Devouring Narwhal cutscene.
Though he mentioned Furina, the video showed the Narwhal. Focalors watched eagerly: "Oh~ The Narwhal from the Primordial Sea? It reached Teyvat!"
"Neuvillette's tough fight before the execution."
Seeing a blonde with a red mask, Focalors asked, "Who's this???"
Alex explained, "Childe, Tartaglia's Foul Legacy Transformation..."
"Foul Legacy Transformation?" Focalors was puzzled, but it didn't matter.
The Narwhal and Tartaglia retreated into the Primordial Sea. Video ended.
"Wow~" Focalors sighed, urging, "Next one!"
Alex almost clicked but paused. No real-world videos? Blocked?
Didn't matter. He was two-dimensional now. Real world irrelevant.
He opened a Furina video: "Genshin Impact" Story PV - "Lumière dans les ténèbres."
Slow music, red curtain opened. Dark, vivid art style.
"Has she come?"
"When will she come?"
"She won't come!"
"No, she has come..."
Furina's footsteps neared, music impassioned.
Spotlight on Furina: "Ah~~~ If I could return to the water."
She sang—an opera! Beautiful opening.
Focalors listened intently, swaying to the rhythm.
The imagery was tragic, professional. Perfect ancient Fontaine language, sweet voice.
"Can the world return to its beautiful beginning?"
"Please forgive our mistakes, Mother."
Alex, despite not liking music or understanding the language, was captivated.
A clear spring fell, nourishing the land.
"Life follows the water, reviving the city! Nurturing the one you love."
The town's residents lived happily, freely.
A love story, Alex realized.
"And what is your wish?" A blonde youth asked the Hydro Eidolon.
"My... wish?" Furina looked confused, hopeless.
The scene darkened. The cheerful town decayed, buildings collapsed.
Furina squatted, eyeing the ruined earth. A boy's voice: "To become human means hiding secrets, enduring pain, loneliness... Are you willing?"
Water streams revived the town.
"True love can't restore humanity's dream, parting blooms like flowers!"
"Our story has sweetness, bitterness... I'm still here, always!"
"Watching this vibrant world!"
"Never changed, never changed!..."
Singing ended. Furina walked to a cliff's edge.
Residents gathered, blocking her retreat.
Furina glanced back, closed her eyes, ready to depart. A Hydro Vision appeared.
"Heh~~~" Furina laughed softly, dissolving into water, leaving a Vision and blue bow crown hat.
Curtain closed, screen blackened, allogene icon appeared.
"Wuwuwu..."
Alex heard Focalors sobbing. She smiled at her beheading but cried at a love story?
Alex couldn't see her face, only heard her cries. Hydro element overflowed in her eyes.
After a while, Focalors calmed, seeing the allogene icon: "This story mirrors Furina's experience!"
"To become human means secrets, loneliness... Her resolve never changed!"
"Mm." Alex nodded.
Focalors added, "The Vision at the end..."
"Yes, that's how Furina will get her Vision later! Through this story..." Alex replied.
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