[ Hearing that Aether shares the same opinion about that special soup just brightens Ori's smile even more, so much so that the flowers in her hair perk up, unfurling just a bit more as warmth blooms on her cheeks. It had been the first thing that Thoma had ever cooked for her so many months ago, a warm memory of warm soup shared with someone who, back then, was a wonderful new friend from another realm, someone she would have never met outside of this strange crossroads of dreams.

...A lot has changed since then.

Including the fact that Ori readily nods at Aether's question. Diluc, too, had asked her if she was an adventurer when they first met, and she hesitated to answer. "Adventurer" felt like such a grand thing to call herself back then, when she simply felt like dead weight in a troupe of talented adventurers on a quest. But now, she knows that she's ever bit an adventurer as her friends. ]

That's right! I was traveling with the friends I mentioned in my message. We were trying to find a missing princess at first, but now there's, um. A lot more going on. But now this dream self of mine is here... What were you traveling for, Aether?