[...And there it is. Her words, at least, confirm that there is something stranger going on than either of them probably realizes.

This is not Teyvat. Connected to primordial Hydro as he is, Neuvillette should be able to sense the Primordial Sea, even at such a distance as the far bounds of Inazuma or Natlan. If he can be said to have a soul in the way that humans do, then it would be one that constantly has a toe dipped into that ocean. Until now.

But that is a concern for later, because in front of him is...]

Furina.

[His tone of voice is a touch chiding, the way it so often is (was) when she went overboard with her antics. But underneath it is an almost physical pain.

He understands now why she was so quick to throw the act away. To watch it now is unbearable. To stand aside and allow it to continue, knowing that it will do nothing but bring the both of them hurt, is even more so.

Besides. He has always been a poor liar.]

... You need not maintain the act for my sake. I will not reveal it to others, but... In the Fontaine I last remember, the prophecy has already come to pass.

[He doesn't know why her memory is different. Perhaps this is just a more advanced hallucination in the end. But he will treat it as real until he has evidence otherwise.]

You performed admirably to the very end.

[The words are soft, and with the pounding rain outside - anyone else might miss them. But he knows that she will not.]