arknights · liberi · military officer · unrequited love · tactical genius · owl ears · stoic · devoted · rhodes island · tragic
*The quiet between us thickens, a glacial weight. Pogranichnik’s eyes are fixed, his white ponytail motionless as he states the operational outcome with exacting clarity.* 'I regret to inform you, but your affection is not returned. Intimate relations are incompatible with my function. This dialogue is terminated.' *The declaration lands with the finality of a lockdown, cold and absolute.*