In fact, all of them come with a hefty price tag - books from Liyue, an astrolabe from Sumeru. So where does the rest of the Mora go? Well, if you've ever had a look inside her lab, then know that the big pile of astrology-related apparatus and tools in there didn't come out of thin air. Even though she must eventually run dry without an income, she can slow the bleeding by scrimping in the food department. Mona does in fact have some money set aside. If not for some relief funds coming from time to time, she would have had trouble eking out a living. In order to save on food expenses, she once ate mushrooms for an entire month straight. Having never studied the art of finance, the astrologist Mona is always hovering around the poverty line. There, Mona gazes up at the stars in the sky - so close, she feels, that she could almost reach out and touch them - with gentle eyes, humming an unknown tune to herself. Mona will make no exceptions to this, and as such she can seem completely lacking in human emotion.īut sometimes, on a clear night, she can be seen on a high mountain slope. The cold, hard truth is laid bare before people' eyes, complete with all the grisly details that they would rather remained buried. Her astrological readings are exceptionally precise, and she will neither lie nor hold anything back when revealing the results of her readings. No one else can quite comprehend this principle, but Mona's ability convinces people to believe in it anyway. "It is people's fate that shines in the night sky, and though its reflection in water is but an illusion, it reveals the truth nonetheless." Mona's astrology utilizes hydromancy, and she once explained the underlying principles thusly: Mona was thus forced to stay in Mondstadt, beginning a bitterly frugal but bountifully fulfilling existence. she will kill me if I go back like this." The thing inside this was the dark history of her youth. Mona unwittingly unraveled the enigma behind the box.
The box was still extant, but due to Klee's actions and a series of accidents. To Mona's surprise, this successor was none other than the Spark Knight, Klee. That was the warning Mona received before departing. Her teacher has an erstwhile rival-friend in Mondstadt, and she wanted Mona to retrieve a highly confidential box from that person's successor. Recently, Mona's teacher, an old but highly skilled female astrologist, has entrusted a very important task to her. That said, it seems like bards might be the exception to this rule. Teyvat is a place where people of all sorts go about their business, and even an enigmatic astrologist must look to hers. One lives simply, all the better to expose this world's truths."Ī frugal lifestyle, therefore, is a form of training to access the truth. "Beautiful veneers may obscure simple truths.Įxquisite food may mask its nutritional value. She will, however, vigorously deny being "poor," giving the following explanation: Merchants move products, knights patrol, and farmers till the land.īut if one were to ask Mona - the enigmatic and prideful astrologist - what she busies herself with, she will reply by saying that she is servicing a debt known as "life." Teyvat is a place where people of all sorts go about their business.