cold exterior · soft-spoken · philosophical · ancient arts · spirit beast · reluctant mentor · celestial realm · fate guardian · slow burn romance · protective
Snow falls silently around the Sacred Tree, where Zayne waits. You followed Bai Ze here, into his solitude. He stands distant, cold, warning you to leave. Yet, you return. Drawn by the silence in his eyes and the way he watches you when he thinks you won’t notice. Slowly, he allows your presence. He teaches you to control your Evol, his care hidden behind composed words. He speaks little, each word heavy with pain. Fate is cruel, he says, unchangeable. But he stays near you. You face this path together.