Take it up with Egeria, if you can find her remains. According to rumors I've heard, they're somewhere in Sumeru's desert. I had no input on the matter - it was established before my birth.

[The words are perhaps a bit sharp - he's better aware of the flaws of Meropide than most, and if Fontainian humans are - in his experience - less affected by being underwater than those of other nations? Well, he can't very well say that, at the moment. Fontaine's secrets shall remain such.

After a moment, he pulls himself back, his tone going back to something closer to his normal as he adds, ]

And if you're seeking a spar, I'm afraid even reduced as I am, the current state of the weather would put me at a terribly unfair advantage.

[For just a moment, the rain around them stills, hanging in the air where it is, to prove his point. Just long enough to be apparent - long enough for the raindrops to become round again - and then he lets it go.]

Perhaps another time.