[Shrugging, he hangs the canteen back around his shoulder, letting Lumine complete this trek in the way she sees fit- there's no use arguing with her anyway, and in this heat he's not going to even attempt to cross any lines. He's exhausted, she's exhausted, and Paimon is still complaining. When he gets back to Snezhnaya, he's going to bury himself in a snowbank.]

Finally, we're here. [He dumps his jacket at the base of the statue, pushing his hair off his forehead and backwards. It's so sweaty it sticks there.] I'm excited to see this for myself. Borrowing the power of the elements from the statues themselves, how fascinating.

[Despite how uncomfortable he is, Childe can't help but look on in wonder even if there's not much fanfare to the entire process- it's still amazing to him.]