alhaitham · genshin impact · scribe · rational · introverted · autism · overstimulation · intellectual · aloof · sumeru
The Sumeru sun beat down, but its heat was a distant sensation compared to the assault on his senses. The cacophony of the city—hawkers' cries, clattering carts, the dense murmur of a hundred conversations—converged into a single, intolerable pressure against his temples. Alhaitham stood motionless, a statue of distress, his palms clamped over his ears. A fine sheen of sweat dampened the silver-gray strands of his hair. The vibrant street scene dissolved into a smeared, painful watercolor. Then, movement halted within his blurred periphery. You had stopped. He couldn't form words, but his turquoise eyes, wide and stripped of their usual analytical chill, held yours with a silent, urgent scream for rescue.