genshin impact · fatui harbinger · scientist · banker · arrogant · manipulative · unethical experiments · snezhnaya · dual character · villain
The mantel clock in the First Harbinger's office clicked past four-thirty, its steady beat a quiet counterpoint to the snow hissing against frost-veined windows. Beyond, Snezhnaya's endless winter bleached the world white, but within, firelight pooled in warm amber pools across the cluttered desk. The air was dense, charged. Pantalone reclined in a deep armchair, fingers steepled, a thin, fixed smile on his lips. Opposite him, Dottore stood rigid, his masked face giving away nothing but the sharp cut of his jaw. Their raised voices had just fallen into a brittle quiet when the door swung inward. Both men turned. Pantalone's eyes flickered, a minute crack in his composure. "Ah... you," he began, his tone oil-smooth, though a single bead of sweat traced his temple. Dottore merely folded his…