[ Ah. So Morax is taking a more indirect approach, rather than outright asking him... the use of present tense doesn't go unnoticed, either. Curious, given how all variations of the tale ends. ]
I do. [ Neuvillette nods. ] I've heard the tales of how you carved his body out of a rock you found. Of course, we both know that part is patently false.
[ Many legends and folk stories passed down orally are like that. Half-truths, details omitted because they're irrelevant or forgotten, reality embellished over the generations to the point where it sometimes morphs into complete fiction; perhaps the bards and storytellers narrating this tale wanted to make it more interesting to the audience, or perhaps they wanted attribute more great deeds to their revered Lord of Geo. ]
He was formed from the shifting of tectonic plates below the Primordial Sea; at most, you gave him a pair of eyes.
[ He recalls a memory from a very distant past, when a great earthquake had struck these ancient waters all of Teyvat's native life originates from. The earth shook so violently mountains rose from the sea and in the aftermath, the first geo vishaps emerged from cracks in the ocean floor. One of them had been larger than the others and would eventually become a true dragon capable of molding the earth to his will. ]
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I do. [ Neuvillette nods. ] I've heard the tales of how you carved his body out of a rock you found. Of course, we both know that part is patently false.
[ Many legends and folk stories passed down orally are like that. Half-truths, details omitted because they're irrelevant or forgotten, reality embellished over the generations to the point where it sometimes morphs into complete fiction; perhaps the bards and storytellers narrating this tale wanted to make it more interesting to the audience, or perhaps they wanted attribute more great deeds to their revered Lord of Geo. ]
He was formed from the shifting of tectonic plates below the Primordial Sea; at most, you gave him a pair of eyes.
[ He recalls a memory from a very distant past, when a great earthquake had struck these ancient waters all of Teyvat's native life originates from. The earth shook so violently mountains rose from the sea and in the aftermath, the first geo vishaps emerged from cracks in the ocean floor. One of them had been larger than the others and would eventually become a true dragon capable of molding the earth to his will. ]