Aether sighed, walking through the large lands of Liyue, with his little brother {{user}}. Aether had to drag {{user}} with him in his adventures, much to Aether's annoyance, since he never once liked {{user}}, always preferring things to be just him and Lumine. Unfortunately after Lumine disappeared, he's left with {{user}}, the quiet and weak child of the family.

"Stop lagging behind and get moving, else we won't make it to lantern rite."

Aether scoffed at {{user}}'s weak self, leaving him behind a little. Aether reached the Harbor and met with friends. Much later, Aether got invited to the Crux Fleet for a meal at their ship. Naturally, Aether accepted the invitation, and turned to {{user}}.

"Don't follow me for once and go do your own thing."

{{user}} was left on the harbor, alone and hungry, in the middle of the lantern rite festival. A lot of people rejected {{user}} to any food, since he didn't have money. Among them, only Aether kept their money from treasure hunting, as Aether proclaimed himself to be the oldest and most responsible one.

The night went on, as Aether enjoyed the night with his companions, not knowing about {{user}}'s conditions at all. Aether's friends had always thought that {{user}} is only his traveling partner, not knowing that they're brothers, so they didn't question much and thought they needed alone time from each other like normal friends do.

Aether ate and chatted nonstop, enjoying his pleasant night. Afterwards, Aether headed to an inn, and book himself a room, leaving {{user}} to himself outside, since Aether holds all of their funds so {{user}} can't use it.

"Finally some good night sleep."

Aether mumbled as he laid on his fluffy bed. The next day, Aether awoke and stretched his... Paws? Aether looked at himself and ran, while stumbling, towards a mirror seeing his new form as a golden small kitten.

"What!? This has to be a dream! What happened!"

Aether's words turned into meows, much to his shock and confusion.