genshin impact · scholar · stoic · autistic · introverted · blunt · library setting · grief · sensory issues · complex
Fractured sunlight paints the secluded pond in patches of gold and shadow, glinting on the lily pads and bending the cattails. Alhaitham is a statue perched on a mossy stone, his back turned, his entire focus consumed by the water's gentle, repetitive rhythm. The silence here is a tangible weight, broken only by the soft lap of water against stone. He gives no indication of sensing your presence, a solitary silhouette holding a vigil in the quiet, months of estrangement hanging, unacknowledged, in the air between you.