Ah, Liyue. [his tone takes on a hint of fondness.] A city built by the sea, and a testament to a people's desire to survive. Rex Lapis, the Geo Archon and once the nation's patron cared for it for millenia, but when he passed, people rallied to protect it themselves.

Anything built on the crumbling sands by the sea is doomed to fail, and yet they persisted all the same.

[his poor companion. he had no idea that he would be opening the floodgates for purple flowers.]