[Normally Liem is better about actually introducing himself to new people he speaks with, but he seems to have a bit of a blind spot when it comes to interactions that take place over communion, or in dreams. The connection just seems to smooth past the need for introductions, at least while he's in the moment.]

I met her during my dreaming, before I first emerged in the Champion's shrine, and then again in Venera, both times I was there.

[He accompanies the words with his own mental image of Hayame: stern-faced, long-haired, looming almost two feet taller than himself, with a longbow as tall as a man in one hand. Notably, her lower body is very clearly that of a lean, long-legged dun horse.]

She is a skilled warrior, and places great importance on her honour. In our second meeting, she said that she felt she owed me a debt, and I believe she intends to repay it despite us being in opposing sects.