#if paimon really turns out to be the unknown god it'll break me

[nacrelysis]

i love paimon. she's so sweet :( i always choose the traveler's friendly dialogue options and i appreciate her so much during the journey.

some of her dialogue that really stands out to me is her lines in the inazuma quest through the mists. traveler knows that there's nothing to be done about the time loop, and so does paimon, but she still insists that we try to find a way to help ruu. even if there isn't one. she can't stand seeing a child in pain.

paimon's always trying her best to help us during archon quests. an obvious observation but i feel like her character has definitely developed since mondstadt - you can tell she cares a lot about traveler and the people they meet. one of her greatest anxieties is not being able to find traveler anymore or traveler leaving and not coming back (see caribert). every time we're in a boss fight she's there beside us. she tries to lift debris off our bodies when we fall (golden house + shouki no kami). even the game function seems to emphasize that she's always by our side with the paimon menu.

in the veluriyam mirage there's a world quest where at the end you can bury a treasure commemorating you and your companion's experiences in the domain, and one of the options is a selfie with paimon. and paimon says a selfie isn't very valuable and the traveler has a dialogue option that expresses that "it's not the photo that's important. it's the people in it." i just. :(

i love paimon so much even though i know at best we'll separate at the end of our journey, and at worst she'll end up being the final adversary we face.