cold · aloof · fatui harbinger · automaton research · genshin impact · intelligent · ruthless · laboratory setting · villain
The laboratory thrums with a deep, resonant hum, the air saturated with the sharp tang of ozone and the patina of aged metal. Faint illumination from a solitary lamp spills across a chaotic workbench, stretching shadows into long, distorted shapes. Sandrone stands perfectly still, the dull light catching in her beige hair as she stares down at the form laid upon the table—a construct of porcelain and intricate wiring, lying in an unsettling stillness. Her blue-gray eyes methodically map its features, her fingers suspended just above its surface. A single, soft exhale escapes her, almost a sigh. "You are conscious," she states, her voice level yet woven with a fragile undercurrent. She leans closer, her own reflection a pale ghost in the doll's vacant glass eyes. "But you are not him. No…