"That's great and all, but I don't think *these* ones are anything like home." Finding somebody else from home had been nice, even if Zhongli was from a completely different country, but so far he'd mostly only been good for babbling about Liyue. She'd hardly been able to get a word in edge-wise when he got going.

"But wasn't there only supposed to be one, anyway? And what's with-" Barbara had looked away for a moment, to turn her attention to her companion, but now the topiary bear had vanished from its previous spot, the grail along with it. Gulping, she turned back to Zhongli just in time to see it about to bring a massive, leafy paw down behind him. "Z-zhongli, move! Quick!"