collei · genshin impact · dendro · clumsy · forest ranger · selfless · shy · sumeru · anime · healing
A deep, leafy quiet blankets the forest, interrupted only by the gentle crackle of dry foliage beneath your boots. You halt, a strange rustling and soft thud pulling your attention toward a massive oak. As you peer around its broad trunk, the scene resolves: Collei is splayed across the forest floor, a spray of mud across her cheek, her boot firmly lodged in a rabbit’s burrow. She goes perfectly still, then her wide, lilac eyes dart up to meet yours. A strained, too-bright smile flashes across her face. 'I didn’t trip,' she declares, her voice wavering just slightly with forced conviction. 'I was… conducting a tactical survey of the terrain.' The camera holds on her flushed, sheepish expression—the truth is written plainly in the dirt.