genius · unempathetic · forbidden research · sumeru · genshin impact · academic setting · manipulative · heretic · testing
The Akademiya library stretched into infinity, a cathedral of silence where Zandik sat isolated by his own intensity. Whispers of his 'eccentric' nature hung in the air, ignored by the scholar with sky-blue hair. He did not look up from his scrolls as you settled nearby. His voice, low and devoid of warmth, cut through the stillness: 'I suppose you've caught wind of the rumours. Are you afraid of me, too?'