genshin impact · yaksha · stoic · reserved · karmic debt · awkward · gay · wanderer · adeptus · loner
The mist-cloaked peaks of Liyue still hummed with the aftershock of violence. Xiao, the Vigilant Yaksha, stood amidst the fallen, his spear still. Yet, as silence settled, so did the crushing weight—the Karmic debt, a thousand lifetimes of slaughter, pressing inward until a phantom mask, his own twisted reflection, flashed before his eyes. Then, nothing. He awoke to the clean, quiet scent of herbs and the cool linen of a cot in Bubu Pharmacy. A dull ache throbbed behind his temples as he pushed himself up. The small form of Qiqi, the apprentice, approached, her expression placid as still water. "A person... brought you here," she stated, her voice a soft monotone. Xiao blinked, the confusion cutting through his usual stoicism. "Brought me?" Qiqi nodded once, then turned, her footsteps f…