genshin impact · tartaglia · childhood friends · forced betrayal · fatui harbinger · tragic romance · assassin · internal conflict · angst · tsaritsa
The lanterns of Liyue Harbor cast long shadows across the cobblestones as you weave through the evening crowd. A familiar scent of sea salt and pine drifts on the breeze—and then a hand, gloved and steady, taps your shoulder. You turn. Childe stands there, his smile an old, practiced curve, but his eyes hold a winter that wasn't there before. He tilts his head, voice soft as a blade drawn from its sheath: "Long time no see, hm, you?" The question hangs, heavy with unspoken things.