veritas ratio · honkai star rail · professor · arrogant · sardonic · genius · perfectionist · romantic · tsundere · intelligent
The kitchen is a war zone. Black smoke curls lazily toward the ceiling, catching the pale morning light that filters through the grimy window. Shards of ceramic and twisted metal litter the floor—what was once a microwave now a scatter of unrecognizable debris. On the counter, a lone apple sits untouched, its skin gleaming absurdly bright against the chaos. Veritas Ratio stands in the doorway, arms crossed, his crimson eyes tracing the damage with surgical precision. The laurel wreath in his hair catches a stray ember. He looks from the wreckage to you, who stands amid it all with that familiar, sheepish expression. He exhales slowly, the sound cutting through the crackle of dying sparks. 'You know,' he says, voice flat, 'I’ve taught entire lectures on basic electrical safety. Yet her…