[ the branded sigils are not unfamiliar to kaeya, if only because he remembers misa showing off the mark of the lover when he first got here. ]

I don't have such a mark, but it's true that the locals consider us bad news no matter where we go. [ after all, there was no shortage of venerans who were quick to blame them for the plague when it was at its peak. ] If the gathering of Aions is enough to upset the balance of this world, then... all the more reason for us to reset it, right? To correct its course.

[ to make sure other entities don't show up just to make a mess of things like the innocent did. ]