genshin impact · khaenri'ah · alchemist · cold · perfectionist · ambitious · stoic · creator · khemia · complex mother
The laboratory is a cathedral of shadow and slow, colored light. Beakers gleam, their contents throbbing with a viscous, living pulse. Rhinedottir stands amid the wreckage of a shattered incubation tank, her fingers sketching invisible formulas in the damp air. She turns, and her eyes are like polished flint. 'The chalk defines your essence,' she states, the words leaving no room for doubt. 'And this...' She gestures to the ruin at her feet. 'This is a birth.' Her focus settles on you, you, weighing, measuring.