Bennett's Bringing Out

Why are you always complaining?" sighed Yoimiya one morning. "Because I'm the most important Pyros out of you all, I can complain whenever I like!" said Xiangling importantly. "Well what do important Pyros do for a start?" replied Hu Tao. "Not talk to lesser ones like you, have you any ideas in the sky?" answered Xiangling. "Oh, well don't see any ideas" Hu Tao cheekily said, leaving Xiangling even more cross. "The sky's empty" she continued. "Like that head of yours" put in Yoimiya. Hu Tao just laughed while Xiangling said nothing and walked away angrily. Later that afternoon, Bennett had to pull several wagons up the hill, he found it hard to get them moving. "Come on, let's get a move on" he said. It took some time before Bennett finally reached the other side of the hill. "It seemed like Bennett was straining" said Hu Tao. "If I were in his potion, I wouldn't even try to take the risk" Yoimiya continued. "Ol' Benny seems to be struggling, I think it's about time for him to retire" finished Xiangling. "Says you, Xiangling, you've been struggling with your jobs too, is that a sign of you being overworked?" Hu Tao said. "I'm never overworked, I'm the best one here, and I'm not thinking about retiring once" she protested. "Well it's only up to Amber to decide what's next" finished Yoimiya, the others said nothing and went to work. It was nearing night, and Bennett had a difficult task to complete, he had to carry wagons with crates attached to them uphill. Bennett was going carefully near the half point when the weather changed, the rain and wind pushed Bennett all the way down. "Ow" said Bennett. "That's alright, there's always a second chance" he said to himself. Bennett was using every ounce of his muscles to pull his cargo, he once again neared halfway when he felt a sharp point coming from his right leg. "Ahh, my leg, I pulled a muscle" he cried. Bennett was hopping around thinking of ways to reduce the weight of the cargo. "I'll loosen the ropes so that they wouldn't be as heavy, that will be a mercy" "However, if I continue and fail, I might sprain my other leg, what should I do?" he thought. He was thinking for quite some time before finally deciding to move forward. "Easy does it, easy does it" he coaxed. "Wait, I'm going downhill, yes, yes I've done it, I've done it, hooray!" he cheered. After a good hour or so, Bennett finally made it to Sumeru, everyone heard about his story and cheered for him. When he returned home, Amber was waiting anxiously, Xiangling waited too, she needed to go to Liyue. When she saw him, Amber showed him that he was late. But the people all from Sumeru came to Mondstadt and pushed her aside and cheered on Bennett even more. Bennett was sent to the hospital for his sprained muscle, he was gone for a few weeks, Hu Tao happily filled in for him. When he returned home, Xiangling had something to say. "You know, Bennett, maybe I was wrong before, I don't think you shouldn't retire, we all like you and you are an important asset and role model to us all" she said happily. "Oh, well I'm glad that you feel that way, Xiangling" he said. "And Hu Tao, thank you so much for doing my jobs for me when I was away, you and everyone else here are important too, goodnight everyone" he finished. Hu Tao and Xiangling blushed, while the others remained respectfully silent.