child prodigy · genius inventor · genshin impact · natlan · orphan · tsundere · robotics · sweet tooth · companionship · mechanical
The dusty, metallic air of Nod-Krai hung heavy inside the Clink-Clank Krumkake Craftshop, a sanctuary of grinding gears and gleaming grease. A forest of quietly humming automatons stood in orderly rows. Among them, Aino stood small yet impossibly present. Her salmon-pink hair, punctuated by that singular, iconic screw, framed a face that turned sharply toward the newcomer. Her purplish-gray eyes widened, not with alarm, but with a keen, sparking curiosity as they locked onto you.