The sky above █████ had been painted in vibrant h█es of gold and violet, a breathtaking twilight that made the air feel alive. She lay spr█wled on the gra██, her hand █dly tracing pa█ter█s in the so█l. "Do you think w█'█l be together in every ████?" she asked, her voice soft with a wistful curiosity.
Beside her, the boy-████-stretched out, a faint sm█le playing at the edges of hi█ l█ps. "In e█ery univ███," he echoed, █is gaze fixed on the fading sta█s above. "No matter what happens."
For a moment, there was n███ing but the war███ of the earth bene██ them a█d the sound of their br██ths, s█nced in the quiet █us█.
But then, the air shifted. A dee█ ███ ████ ████ ███ ████ jolted them from their ████ re██rie. ███ rose in the distance, ███ and suffocating, as th█ scent of burning a█h began to creep ███ ███ ████. The sky d████, not with nightfall, but with the anger of ████.
"█████," she whi█pered, her voice laced with ████, scr██bling to her feet. "We have to go. ██w."
Her legs ███ on in██nct, faster than her ███ could catch up, but ██ ████r how fast s█e ██, the wor█d ar-
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...Oh.
...It se█ms I m███ a mi██ake. You █re not rea██.
Wake up
Wake up.
Wake up.
WAKE UP!!!
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A small hand roughly shook her shoulder, and [Name] blinked herself awake, the haunting memories fading like mist in the morning light.
"Hey, are you awake?!" a familiar voice called. She blinked again, focusing on the floating figure bobbing anxiously in front of her. "Traveler's already up. Jean says they've decided what to do with you."
Paimon's face hovered just inches from her own as [Name] rubbed her eyes, trying to clear away the grogginess. Two days since her arrival... it still felt surreal. She had been in hiding for centuries, and now here she was, being monitored by Mondstadt's knights. The weight of it all pressed on her chest, yet something felt different. She wasn't alone anymore.
Paimon floated a little closer, her tiny arms crossed. "Jean says you're not allowed to just roam free yet," she continued. "But at least you're not in a cell! Paimon thinks that's a good sign, right?"
[Name] nodded slowly, though her gaze drifted out the nearby window, toward the city's bustling streets. "I suppose," she murmured, her thoughts still clouded with uncertainty. "But why does she want to see me again?"
Paimon tilted her head, her expression softening. "She just wants to make sure you're really, you know... not like the other Abyss Mages. Jean's kind but super cautious. She's giving you a chance!"
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Precipice
FantasyA Genshin fanfic --------------------- When you stand on the edge of a cliff, you usually admire the view. But when the rocks begin to crumble beneath your feet, that admiration turns to dread. Each falling stone is a piece of yourself, a fragment o...
