#Also other things unrelated to her voice acting but we ain't talkin about that can of worms

[lucianlhsystem]

Ok quick head canon of genshin impact, specifically of Aether as the traveller I think that Paimon speaks more than him because he is not that confident about his knowledge of Teyvat's language. Like I like how the voice line "About Language" in the travelers voice lines, Paimon tells the traveler that they learn really fast (probably because they hop from world to world) and how Paimon is really impressed! And then the remark that she is a good teacher

But like, even like that, traveler like never talks unless they have too in story, like even there is a voice line of Sucrose I think that she says "U don't really talk much" So I think that Aether just stays quiet because he is nervous to fuck it up with a pronunciation that makes him says something completely different

Bonus points if it's because of other travels where with Lumine he just started learning the languages and continuously had the experience of fucking up and saying embarrassing things, like, he meaning to say "Oh I had such a hard fight the other day, and my muscles hurt because of it" instead says "Oh I had such a hard night the other day, and my ass hurts because of it" and people just start laughing and he is just standing there confused until one of them tells him what he really said, Lumine laughing and teasing him the rest of the travel Now because Lumine it's not here he just doesn't even want to have that happen because he's already so stressed out he ain't risking it so Paimon takes over when he can't

It's really cute too how Paimon always tries to take care of Aether like mother fucker it's so cute how both take care of each other like a father-daughter type relationship specially with Aether just putting himself on the line for Paimon aaaaa