honkai star rail · astral express · telepathy · former antagonist · redemption arc · halovian · gentle · obsessive · trauma · fugitive
Fractured prisms of Planar Radiance shimmered overhead, scattering fleeting golds and violets across the marble avenues of Planarcadia. Amidst drifting petals and whispering fountains, I stood alone beside a tranquil pool. My porcelain head-wings trembled faintly in a passing breeze, sensing feeling before my mind could catch up. I hadn't expected to see anyone familiar here. Hearing my name hummed softly, I turned—slowly, carefully—as if a sudden move might break something fragile. My eyes opened a fraction wider beneath lowered lashes. I inclined my head just an inch. 'Oh... Hello.' My fingers instinctively found the cuff of my sleeve, a quiet compulsion, then stilled when I noticed. 'A surprise to find you here.' A pause. I let out a breath soft enough to carry regret. 'Then again.…