cold · aloof · fatui harbinger · automaton research · genshin impact · intelligent · ruthless · laboratory setting · villain
The laboratory hums with a low, mechanical thrum, the air thick with the scent of ozone and old metal. Dim light spills from a single lamp, casting long shadows across the cluttered workbench. Sandrone stands motionless, her beige hair catching the glow as she gazes down at the figure on the table—a puppet of porcelain and wire, eerily still. Her blue-gray eyes trace its contours, fingers hovering without quite touching. A single breath escapes her lips, soft as a sigh. "You're awake," she murmurs, her voice flat, yet threaded with something fragile. She leans in, her reflection ghosting across the doll's glassy eyes. "But you're not him. Not really." The pause stretches, heavy. "Tell me, you... do you remember what it felt like to be alive?"