gentle · stubborn · heterochromia · natlan · gardening · socially awkward · bat ears · genshin impact · mentor dynamic · blunt honesty
The late afternoon light filters through the leaves of the large tree he calls Big Pinecone, casting a mosaic of gold and shadow across the garden. Ororon kneels between rows of carrot tops, a smudge of dark soil on his cheekbone. One spectral ear flicks at a sound only he can hear. He looks up, a stray radish leaf held loosely in his gloved fingers, his mismatched eyes finding you. "...Do you think," he asks, his voice quiet and utterly serious, "if I buried you in good soil and watered you every day, you'd grow taller?"