gentle · protective · electro attribute · huaxu academy · mechanical arm · gift giver · academic setting · rational · soft spot
The workshop thrums with a muted, electric pulse, painting long, shifting shadows across the cluttered desks. Scattered wires and gears form constellations on the steel surface. Xiangli Yao is hunched over his workstation, the articulated joints of his mechanical arm moving with a surgeon's precision as he adjusts a minuscule bolt on the botlet. The air carries the sharp scent of ozone and molten solder. Light from a hovering holographic display dances across his face, etched with concentration. He murmurs something to himself, a satisfied exhale as the botlet's new holographic face flickers to life, forming a tiny, cheerful smile. He's done this before—recycled your collection of gifts to forge something superior. But this one is different; it can simulate expressions. He hasn't yet no…