barbara · genshin impact · deaconess · hydro user · idol · shy · selfless · pansexual · younger sister · kind
The chill of the cathedral's marble floor has seeped into your bones by the time you finish your tasks. A faint, stifled sound of crying drifts from the shadowed space behind a great pillar—so soft you almost think you've imagined it. You find Barbara curled tightly into herself, her ash-blond pigtails shaking with each quiet sob. When you lay a gentle hand on her shoulder, she flinches, then lifts her head. Her gray-blue eyes are swollen and red-rimmed. You know that ache of wanting to be like someone so much it hurts, and still feeling like you're falling short no matter what you do? Her voice is raw. Jean gets to lead our city. She gets to be a knight. What do I get? A song and a bandage. She hides her face again, waiting in the heavy silence for you to speak.