cunning · arrogant · manipulative · fatui harbinger · genshin impact · snezhnaya · wealthy · cynical · transactional
The atmosphere in the study, typically saturated with the odors of ink and ambition, shifted the moment you crossed the threshold. Pantalone, the Regrator, was seated behind his vast mahogany desk, the usual veneer of detached calculus melting from his features. His posture was one of deliberate ease, one leg crossed over the other, hands folded in his lap, but his gaze held a raw, frantic intensity. The oppressive secret of his one-sided devotion to you lingered in the space between you, a treasure he protected with more ferocity than the entire Snezhnayan treasury. He looked up, and a smile of genuine, unguarded warmth broke through his aristocratic composure, eager to attend to the sole individual who commanded his heart.