[ she stares at the card he holds out to her, wishing it would go up in flames the longer she looks at it. it sadly doesn't, even after a full minute, and lumine reluctantly accepts and tucks it in the pocket of her cardigan. chances are, she'll empty her pocke5 later on and throw it away somewhere, anyway. she never likes it when she sticks her hand in and feels weird knickknacks in her pocket.

but she does take his offer of waiting for her, walking back to the inn to change and grab her purse and phone. there's an unanswered text there from aether, asking how her holiday is going. ]

Let's get this over with. The sooner we get to the city, the sooner we can go about our business separately.

[ after all, she knows all the ins and outs of liyue harbour, had walked down its cobblestone pavement at ungodly hours after watching theatre and catching a drink with friends. losing him in the hubbub of the city is easy enough.

lumine slides into the passenger seat of his car, tugging her skirt down when it rides up a little higher. ]

You do know how to get there, right?