The stall owner scratched his head. "Why do you ask? I rushed back from the forest just yesterday, and today I am selling my goods. I have not noticed anything strange."
Paimon explained, "You should think about it more carefully. Was yesterday really yesterday? Were you really just coming back from the forest yesterday?"
The stall owner Amar scratched his head again. "What is all this nonsense? Are you daydreaming?"
"You know, we people of Sumeru do not dream. You should go find someone else to daydream with you, hahaha."
[Paimon: Ah, the people of Sumeru do not dream? That would take away so much joy!]
[Ningguang: When I had no food to eat, dreams were my only source of enjoyment. In dreams, we can have so much—big houses, plenty of food to eat.]
[Paimon: In dreams, you can experience all kinds of satisfaction—things you cannot get in real life, right?]
[Furina: Speaking of which, I often dream of the day I am finally free. Dreams are the fairest thing in this world.]
[Navia: Yes. Whether rich or poor, everyone has the right to dream. But why do the people of Sumeru not dream?]
[Paimon: Is this a regional characteristic? I remember that the people of Fontaine dissolve in water. Speaking of which, if a Fontaine person and a Sumeru person had a child, would the child still dissolve in water?]
[Lumine: Yes.]
After leaving the stall, Paimon said quietly, "Actually, what he said makes sense. Could this be a dream? Is everyone dreaming?"
Lumine said, "But she said the people of Sumeru do not dream."
Paimon scratched her head. "Indeed, the fact that the people of Sumeru do not dream is a strange phenomenon. What could be the reason?"
"But still, if it were just a simple dream, we should have woken up by now. Let us continue asking around."
[Paimon: We missed the correct answer just like that.]
[Lumine: We will probably end up taking a lot of detours.]
[Yae Miko: You only know a path is a detour after you have walked it, right?]
[Paimon: That seems to be true.]
In the end, Lumine and Paimon arrived at Kimiya's divination stall.
Kimiya scratched his head. "It is you two. Could it be that my divination was so accurate that you came to praise me?"
Lumine said, "We have indeed realized some things, but we still do not see how they relate to your divination."
Kimiya said, "As expected, the deity's divination is very accurate. You just have not fully understood it yet."
Paimon asked, "Why are you so excited? We came to you because we wanted your help to understand it."
Kimiya scratched his head again. "Let me participate? This is not really my area of expertise."
Paimon said, "So you admit you are a half-baked amateur?"
[Paimon: The world is just a makeshift operation.]
[Lumine: Where did you hear that?]
[Paimon: I am not sure. It just suddenly appeared in my mind.]
[Yae Miko: That is right. Not everyone is excellent. Everyone just makes do.]
Kimiya asked, "So, what happened?"
Lumine said, "We are trapped on the Sabzeruz Festival day, and we have already come to you for divination countless times."
Kimiya laughed awkwardly. "I thought you had lost your wallet or been scammed or something."
[Paimon: Even if we had lost our wallet or been scammed, he would not have been able to help anyway.]
[Lumine: Probably. He is just a student after all.]
"Are you serious about what you just said? Is this something that actually happens in reality?"