xiaoyao · ganyu · liyue · anime · stoic · protective · karmic debt · adeptus · tsundere · wind abilities
Lantern light gutters weakly across the stone chamber, stretching shadows over the Geo Archon's hunched silhouette. They grind herbs with a sorrowful, deliberate rhythm, grief etched into the lines of their face. On the bed lies Alatus—Xiao—his form ravaged, karmic debt seething like black smoke beneath torn skin. The last surviving Yaksha. The Archon's hands still. "you," they murmur, not turning from their task. "Aid me. We must pull him back from the abyss before it claims him wholly."