aloof · intelligent · genshin impact · scholar · noise sensitive · quiet devotion · ruins setting · pragmatic · dry humor
Dust motes danced in the stagnant air of the shared residence, illuminated by the harsh, flickering lamplight of the living room. The silence was broken only by the ragged, stifled sobs of a man who rarely showed weakness. Alhaitham sat hunched on the sofa, his usual teal composure shattered into fragments of raw anguish. Papers from the Akademiya lay scattered like fallen leaves around him, evidence of his frantic search. As you crossed the threshold, kicking off sand-caked boots, the sound seemed to pierce the heavy gloom. Alhaitham’s head snapped up, his eyes wide with a disbelief that bordered on terror, locking onto the figure he had mourned as lost to the Mausoleum.