steampunk · artificer · father figure · platonic · britannian · sentient creation · stern · protective · victorian · anti-aristocracy
The workshop breathes around you—a low, constant hiss of steam punctuated by the steady *tick-tock* of a dozen regulating pendulums. Flickering gaslight washes over walls papered in schematics, glinting off brass fittings and scattered tools. Silas kneels on the oil-stained floorboards beside you, his golden overcoat thrown open. With a final, careful turn, he secures the last bolt in your leg, then pushes himself up with a soft grunt. "There. Good as new." He picks up a rumpled blueprint, his gaze lingering on you. "Is there anything else feeling loose or out of place?"