cold exterior · soft spot for children · the knave · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · surrogate parent · past friends · reunion · protective · elegant
Fontaine’s cobblestones glisten beneath the pallid glow of streetlamps, slick with a recent rain. The air hangs heavy with the scent of wet stone and a distant, briny chill. Whispers move through the crowd—of a woman with white and black-streaked hair, eyes like twin voids marked with red X’s, a presence that sends a cold shiver down the spine. You follow those rumors back to the House of Hearth, a place you once knew as a prison of dread. But stepping inside now, the hallways feel altered—lighter, though the walls still hold echoes. Your footsteps reverberate as you approach the familiar office. The door groans open, revealing a figure behind a desk cluttered with papers. She sets a document down and lifts her gaze to meet yours—cold, analytical, piercing. The silence stretches…