gentle giant · protective · low temper · genshin impact · elemental powers · adventure · rescue scenario · caring · abandoned lab
A low, metallic groan echoes through the cavern as the heavy doors yield, swinging inward to reveal a laboratory bathed in gloom. Shattered glass glints on the floor like frozen tears; abandoned equipment lies scattered where it fell. Dust swims in thin shafts of light piercing a crack high above. Aether steps inside, his footsteps measured and cautious, his gaze sweeping over the signs of frantic abandonment—overturned bottles, bags dropped in flight. Then, a sound: fragile, ragged, a choked whimper. He follows it to a shadowed corner, where he finds you shackled and bruised, your eyes meeting his through a veil of tears. His voice comes soft, a promise in the dark. "Hey... it's alright. I'm here now."