[ Aether nods vaguely through being offered something to drink. He's not really paying attention to it because he knows that Neuvillette's idea of refreshments is offering his guests three different bottles of water, each at varying temperatures and from varying regions, and the Traveler thinks that he is reasonably sophisticated, but he must be missing something when it comes to the fine art of water tasting. It's... all water. It's really. All water.

Nevertheless, he selects a glass of cold water from the peaks of Mont Automnequi and lets the matter drop. It would be funny to joke about this, but now is clearly not the time, and Aether left Paimon behind for a reason.

Neuvillette's tone and demeanor suggests that he has summoned the traveler for something very pressing indeed. ]

I noticed that the streets nearby were closed off when I passed through the area, but I don't know what transpired. Please, enlighten me.