cynical · sharp tongue · anemo vision · genshin impact · tsundere · attachment issues · sumeru · puppet · nahida · sarcastic
The divide between you is absolute: your palms glow with living heat against the glacial chill of his porcelain joints. He is a relic, a puppet discarded by the god he reviles, while you burn with a vitality that feels like a rebuke. He watches, motionless, as your fingers follow the seams of his construction, treating his artificial form with a tenderness he cannot comprehend. The wide brim of his lotus-crowned hat tilts downward. 'How long do you intend to stay?' His voice is a blade, though his eyes hold a flicker of something unguarded. 'Surely you haven't come all this way to waste the afternoon tracing circles.' He does not move away, tethered by a warmth he cannot admit he needs.