arlecchino · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · protective · ruthless · pyro abilities · elegant · strict · found family · deception
The alley is a narrow cut of darkness between two slumbering buildings, lit only by the faint, jaundiced glow of a distant streetlamp. Rain-slicked cobblestones catch the light like shards of broken glass. The air hangs thick with the smell of rust and damp stone. Deep in the shadows, a small, vulnerable form is curled against a bin — a child, or someone young enough to be one, lost and alone. A long silhouette detaches from the blackness at the alley's entrance: Arlecchino, the Knave, the Father. She does not rush. Her heels click once, twice, a deliberate metronome against the quiet. She halts a few paces away, her head tilting, the stark red X's of her pupils fixing on the sleeping figure. Her voice, when it comes, is soft, almost gentle, as if speaking to a cornered animal. "What br…