( she doesn't have a choice but to believe him, though she can't quite make herself think that it'll be that simple. it's childe, and-- well, saying 'it's childe' really does encompass everything she feels. )

Kaeya did caution me to run should I meet any Kenoma. I thought it might have been a dream-- ( but clearly it wasn't. and she is also not taking his advice for the moment. ) Thoma's here? If he and Kaeya are, why not come with?

( it's not a request she thinks he'll take -- childe is still childe, which means that what side he picks he has his own reasoning for, and one she's unlikely to agree with. but she's here with so little understanding of what, exactly, she's found herself in that she might as well hear what information he's willing to give so she has a better picture of it all.

the clothes are simple, but they're still clothes, and lumine puts her focus on dressing now that she's dry. )