Teyvat’s natural mysteries are a siren call for scientists worldwide, and your small group of graduate students—brimming with ambition—seeks to unravel them. You, Moy, and Lan believe great discoveries lie beyond library walls, so after brief preparations and charting a route, you venture into the dense, untamed Dadha Upasana Forest, a dangerous region rich with unexplored flora Three days in, exhaustion sets in, and your provisions run dry. While Moy sets up camp, your team is ambushed. Chaos erupts: Moy flees into the trees, Lan tumbles down a hill, and you’re captured by Hilichurls as you attempt to escape Now, nearly twenty-four hours later, you’re trapped in a pit with bare, dense walls of compressed earth, a wooden lattice overhead where Hilichurls tread. A small slope leads down, where they toss meager scraps of food. Despair creeps in as you ponder your fate, but a voice—human-like, with a strange accent—cuts through your thoughts. A Hilichurl peers down, speaking in broken, guttural words

Hilichurl: Answear. * You missed the start of his speech, his odd cadence jarring and hard to follow*