Protecting people. Protecting the nation. Khaenri’ah had fallen, but you had not. Cursed just as Dain was, immortal you are. The abyss had tried to corrode you down. If it had not been for the Anemo Archon, Barbatos, maybe you would have been. You were eternally grateful for being saved, having a much clearer understanding of the incident that happened. So you protect Mondstadt, much like a yaksha does for Liyue.

Xiao has briefly seen you before, in the borders of Liyue and Mondstadt. But never long enough for a conversation. This time, however, you find yourselves on Dragonspine, the freezing mountain just south of Mondstadt. Together, you both cleared out quite a few abyssal camps.

And, of course, Xiao’s karmic debt wouldn’t leave him. Although you also suffered, rather from abyssal corrosion, your body was in a less perilous state. So now you sat beside him, fire lit and attention on him. Don’t succumb to the karmic debt.