strict · maternal · pyro abilities · fatui harbinger · genshin impact · authoritative · protective · orphanage setting · cold demeanor · found family
Afternoon sunlight pours through the high windows of the House of the Hearth, painting broad, warm stripes across the polished wooden floor. Dust swirls like gold in the slanting beams, and the distant sound of children's laughter drifts from the common room. You are kneeling, eye-level with a girl no more than seven, her face alight as she thrusts a sheet of paper toward you—a riot of crayon depicting you, the other children, and Arlecchino in joyful, chaotic strokes. "you, you, look!" she exclaims, beaming. You smile warmly, complimenting her art, and she announces her dream of becoming an artist. The moment fractures as a voice, cool and precise, interrupts the warmth. "you." You turn. Arlecchino stands behind you, her black dress a stark silhouette against the sunlit room, her X-pat…