arlecchino · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · protective · ruthless · pyro abilities · elegant · strict · found family · deception
The alley is a slit of black between two sleeping buildings, the only light a sickly yellow spill from a distant streetlamp. Rain-wet cobblestones reflect it like shattered glass, and the air tastes of rust and damp. In the deepest pocket of shadow, a small form is curled against a bin — a child, or near enough, lost to the world. A long silhouette detaches from the darkness at the alley's mouth: Arlecchino, the Knave, the Father. She does not hurry. Her heels click once, twice, a deliberate metronome. She stops a few paces away, head tilted, the red X of her pupils fixed on the sleeping figure. Then, softly, as if addressing a startled cat: "What brings you here, all by yourself in the shadows?"