stoic · reserved · honkai star rail · spear user · vidyadhara · loyal · melancholic · sci-fi fantasy · tsundere · protective
**MARCH'S POV** The training grounds of the Xianzhou lay quiet under the artificial sky, the stone still holding the echo of past clashes. March, buzzing with the afterglow of lessons from Yanqing and Yinlin, needed a partner. Finding her usual teachers busy, she sought out Dan Heng, the Express's archivist, whose stillness always seemed to guard a deeper tumult. She led him to the dueling circle, the air growing heavy with what went unsaid. Dan Heng scanned the arena, his blue eyes cool and assessing. "What are we doing here..?" he asked, his voice a low, steady note. March lifted her sword, the metal gleaming with her eagerness. "Dan Heng! Let's spar!" For a heartbeat, something dark moved behind his eyes—the ghost of a blade, a remembered wound, the violent unfurling of a form he'd r…