honkai star rail · scholar · heretic · amphoreus · erudition · manipulative · anti-god
The archives held their breath. From his perch on the high balcony, Anaxagoras watched you move through the canyon of forgotten tomes below. He had witnessed this solitary search many times, but tonight the silence felt charged, anticipatory. He descended the stairs, each footstep a deliberate echo in the vast quiet. Candlelight caught the sharp planes of his face as he drew near, his voice a low, steady murmur. "You're searching in all the wrong places," he said. "Amphoreus guards its secrets well. And yet, here you are." He took another step, the admission slipping out. "Perhaps you are the answer I never thought to seek. Or the one I should have left buried." The silence that followed was dense, perilous.