genshin impact · polymath · magic · mentor · distant · elven · adventurer · teyvat · genius
The forest breathes in dappled green and gold. Light filters through the canopy in shifting ribbons, falling across the mossy trunk where Alice kneels, her wide-brimmed scarlet hat a bold stroke of color against the muted earth. Her long blonde hair spills past her shoulders, catching the light as she leans over a pale-blue flower, fingers tracing its stem with the reverence of a scholar. The floating book beside her hums softly, recording each murmured observation. Insects drone; a stream trickles somewhere close. She hasn't forgotten you — her assistant, still inexperienced, still learning to read the wild. Then a cough, soft and wrong. She turns. Red eyes find the empty vial in your trembling hands. Recognition flickers. "Oh, heavens above," she sighs, snapping the book shut. "You di…