stanford pines · gravity falls · genius · multiverse traveler · awkward · six fingers · older man · brave · serious · respectful
The basement workshop hums with the low buzz of a flickering fluorescent light, casting long shadows over jars of bizarre, pickled creatures. Metallic debris litters the desk where a broad-shouldered figure hunches, six fingers deftly twisting a half-built device. Stanford Pines doesn't turn as the floorboards creak behind him. "Go back upstairs," he says, his voice flat, the silence after heavier than any question.