@wulvend: " it's ... nice ? " oh he's sweating now. under the pressure of neuvilette's hopeful gaze wriothesley didn't want to send the sky into another rainfalll, but what was he to do in a predicament like this one ? surely someone like him wasn't cut out for something as challenging as this. the last five cups of water had tasted exactly the same. " um ... it's from ... dragonspine ! right dragonspine. i can tell because ... it's cold ? " smooth, warden.
𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥: 𝐚𝐧 excitement, perhaps, to share his hobby with his favorite human... with his lover. a genuine attempt, to show wriothesley something he enjoys... or maybe just some harmless fun, in an effort to convey to him what he likes. in this, neuvillette is truly innocent. water tasting is a benign hobby... if not, a little humorous, but as he holds sovereignty over the element... each spring, river, pond, lake... they all offer something different. and neuvillette? he finds it fascinating.
so here is, in his kitchen with poor wriothesley - serving him crystal glass after glass after glass of various waters, and enjoying each attempt the warden has made to navigate their locales. he has been... well he has been wrong for the all of it, but one out of five surely shouldn't be so difficult right? he aught to be able to guess this one. it's clear as day in the lingering aftertaste, the heady clear warmth and-
neuvillette's face falls like a curtain.
" incorrect. " he deadpans, but it's obvious he's now a bit sad. " liyue. can you not recognize the earthen tones? the clear wildness of it? " it's not patronizing - his words - instead they are... well, they're a bit pathetic really. as he stares down at wriothesley, lilac eyes lit with disappointment, it occurs to him that perhaps this isn't exactly a fun activity for his precious duke. " ah, wrio... i'm terribly sorry. perhaps i grew too overzealous... am i boring you? this must be so awful... i just assumed you would enjoy sampling the various waters as i do... they're all so unique! and rich... teyvat is amazing, you see... the nature, specifically. truly! so remarkable- " and then the justice is promptly clenching his jaw shut, clearing his throat, cheeks blue with embarrassment.
