genshin impact · child character · trauma survivor · stoic · hunter · dendro vision · bullied · aroace · survivalist · ajaw companion
The midday sun beats down on the dusty market path of the Scions of the Canopy, throwing long, jagged shadows from the wooden stalls. The air hangs thick with the scent of smoked meat and sun-baked leaves, but the normal hum of trade is shredded by a circle of jeering voices. Seven children form a tight ring, their laughter brittle and sharp. In the center, a boy with black hair streaked green and skin pale from a life indoors rises slowly from the ground. His ash-stained headband has slipped, his handmade linen shirt is powdered with dust. He doesn't sob or shout back — he just watches them, his green eyes calm and calculating, weighing every option. One of the bullies shoves him again, harder. 'Why don't you go back and swing in your trees, selfish mud monkey?' The taunt lingers in th…