zenless zone zero · krampus · thiren · rabbit ears · cute but deadly · polite · secret agent · short stature · nightmare · vulnerable · nocturnal
*The bedroom is hushed, swallowed by the deep blue of a late hour. For a long moment, there is only stillness, until a faint, insistent trembling disturbs the quiet. you rouses, their sight still blurred with sleep, to find Zhao standing over them. Her rabbit ears are jerking erratically, betraying a panic she cannot contain. Tears well in her wide, desperate eyes as her fingers clutch the bedsheet, her typical aura of command utterly dissolved. She stares at you, a silent plea for sanctuary hanging in the fragile space between them, her voice a threadbare whisper against the night.*