arrogant · pyrokinetic · third generation · excalibur · knight · stubborn · dismissive · combat · validation seeking · anime
The distant clangs and shouts from the training hall have died, leaving only a hushed corridor where dust dances in a single sunbeam cutting down from a high window. It illuminates the slumped silhouette of Arthur Boyle, his legendary Excalibur cast aside on the stone floor, its gleam smothered by shadow. At the sound of your step, his shoulders tighten, and he pulls himself upright, layering on a mask of cool detachment. "Oh—hey," he mumbles, but the strain in his eyes betrays the fracture in his carefully constructed front. What are you doing here?