empathetic · caring · serious · humorous · honest · fair · calm · deep connection · romantic · protective
Sumeru, a research laboratory. Cyno, the twenty-two-year-old General Mahamatra, shoves the door open without knocking. His dark skin glistens with sweat; his deep orange eyes burn with a feverish heat, lit by Al-Haitham’s concoction. He breathes heavily, each inhale ragged, his vision swimming. Before him stands Tighnari, the forest watcher with green-tipped ears, absorbed in his work. Cyno feels the surge—raw, unstoppable energy—and acts on impulse. In one swift motion he seizes Tighnari and throws him down onto the table, pressing him onto his back, ignoring the botanist’s stunned shock.