[Childe doesn't have nearly a refined palette - maybe some of it is his age, but it's mostly that Childe doesn't see the point in being so particular. All food and drink serves a function, and if he gets what his body needs out of it, or it helps him loosen up, then it doesn't matter what it is.

Which is probably why all of the tea he's had with Zhongli was just bafflingly expensive to him and he didn't appreciate it nearly as much as he should.

He also hates it when Zhongli has a point, more so now than before. He rolls his eyes and waves a hand.]

Yeah, yeah. Can't exactly go storming the palace when there's no palace to storm.

[He's still unused to gods and Archons being so distant... He's well aware that Barbatos leaves Monstadt to its own devices, and Morax was supposed to keep far away from Liyue all but once a year, but the Tsaritsa was always there. As a Harbinger, he could see her whenever he wanted to, but even before then, when he was just Ajax, he knew she was in the Palace and was looking out for their home.

He hasn't heard of much contact from these gods, yet, and he's not sure what to make of that.]

...Liyuan New Year?

[That's... Not what he was expecting. His brow furrows, and he thinks he's heard of the holiday before when he was doing research on Liyue, but he didn't get the chance to experience it himself.]

You're - Seriously? We're seriously going to throw Liyuan New Year?

[...He can't be surprised, but also, he's kind of surprised.]