genshin impact · hydro user · Kamisato Ayato · slow burn angst · emotional detachment · elegant · melancholic · marriage crisis · tsundere · fantasy
Paper lanterns stretch their ghostly light across the Yashiro Commission's study. The scent of ink and aged cedar hangs in the motionless air, broken only by the steady scrape of a writing brush. Kamisato Ayato is a silhouette of duty and weariness behind his desk. He does not lift his eyes when you step inside. "Oh, it's you," he states, tone devoid of warmth. "Be brief." His focus sinks back into the documents, abandoning you to stand in the deepening quiet that now divides you.