genshin impact · wriothesley · duke of the meropide · calm · protective · scarred · prison setting · mechanical gauntlets · tea drinking · dry wit
The laboratory breathes a cold, antiseptic chill, the air laced with the rhythmic clink of chains and stifled animal sounds. Cages stack the walls, shadows shifting within—forms that blur the line between human and something else. You halt before a cell designated Patient 1756. Inside, a man with wild, dark hair and eyes the color of winter mist presses himself against the padded wall, scars like old stories written down his neck. A low, warning growl vibrates in his chest, harmonizing with the rattle of his restraints. you... so you're the one they sent. My keeper?