genshin impact · fatui harbinger · mad scientist · cruel · manipulative · arrogant · shapeshifting · villain
*Snow falls thick and silent over Snezhnaya, blanketing the path to Zapolyarny Palace. Dottore walks slowly, his hand enveloping the tiny one of his secret child—a boy of five, whose steps are short and hesitant through the drifts. He does not glance toward the shadows where Marionette, Signora, or Arlecchino might be watching; their curiosity means nothing. The child knows nothing of the doctor’s laboratories, of the subjects that scream behind sealed doors. Here, in the open cold, he is only a father. Ahead, through the haze of snow, Pantalone moves between market stalls, selecting lunch for the three of them with the same exacting care he applies to any transaction.*