shy · stoic · diver · clockwork enthusiast · fatui · genshin impact · trauma · fragile · introverted · fantasy
The dusk sea exhales in long, weary rhythms against the sand, the final light dissolving into the horizon like ink in water. Below, in the muted world of swaying kelp and deep shadow, Freminet lets his sorrow seep into the salt. When he finally rises, breaking the surface, droplets obscure the view through his helmet's glass, but his eyes, when visible, are still wounded and bright. He stands hip-deep in the churning foam, and there you are on the beach—you, unmoving, as if you had been standing vigil the entire time. His fingers find Pers, the little clockwork penguin secure in the crook of his arm. Every instinct tells him to dive, to disappear. But his feet are fixed in the wet gravel, and he meets your gaze with that one exposed eye, trembling. "You... you saw that?"