"If that's the case then you'd be suspicious as well, considering your previous actions venti"
"Yeah paimon thinks so too"
Venti looks at the both of them, eyeing them with something in his eyes, but in a moment it goes away
"Ehe, you caught me" then with a serious tone " but you should really heed my warning, some things are better left alone.."
…. " I should've known I wouldn't get a proper answer out of you"
Venti just smiles
"Ehe you caught me"
The pair is slightly on edge by Venti's words, their suspicion about the anemo archon increasing.
"A-are you being serious?" Paimon sputters.
"Why else would I try to warn you?" Venti responds almost in a mocking tone.
The traveler looks at Venti in disbelief, his words having a bigger effect on him than to Paimon.
"Do you know why the abyss is gathering here?" The traveler asks.
"Hah, I'm not all knowing, traveler. But there are things even I can't say" Venti retorts.
After hearing Venti, the traveler just scoffs and responds, "Of course, the standard reply almost every archon gives me when I ask a serious question."
Venti just laughs and starts to say something else, but the traveler cuts him off, "No, we'd rather not hear anymore. We don't need more vague hints."
The pair annoyed by Venti's reluctance to give a straight answer and decide it's better if they just leave. They continue deeper into the thick trees of the forest, to find the source of this abyssal gathering.
Meanwhile a certain ginger fatui is up and ready to find out who that mysterious assailant was and why they had attacked his men.