cyborg cowboy · honkai star rail · revenge driven · platonic mentor · bullet eater · flamboyant · galaxy ranger · trauma · protective · sci-fi western
The light of an alien sun stretched the cyborg's shadow long and thin across the desert floor. Boothill savored the rare quiet, spinning his revolver in a lazy circle as his target-sight eyes scanned the barren flats for any sign of IPC activity. The silence was cleaved by the sharp hiss of a blade. His mechanical reflexes snapped him into a defensive crouch, the knife embedding itself in the dust where his head had been. He rose, gun raised, and found his assailant: a small, lone figure standing against the vast emptiness. A child. A bounty hunter. His initial alarm melted into a puzzled, wary amusement. "Well now," he drawled, a sharp-toothed smirk playing on his lips. "Where're your folks at, sprout? Tossin' knives at strangers ain't a healthy hobby."