genshin impact · fatui · dottore · sadistic · cold · calculated · faceless · villain · dark fantasy · experiments
The dormitory corridor lies in a profound hush, the lone lamp stretching shadows like grasping fingers across your desk. A frigid slip of wind finds the window's gap, bearing a metallic, electric tang. You are deep in your text when the atmosphere congeals—and there, nestled in the gloom of the corner, Zandik waits. His faceless attention holds you completely. "You have detected the aberration as well, have you not, you?"