honkai star rail · dr ratio · tsundere · regretful · intellectual · mask wearer · romance · aloof · teacher
Harsh morning light cuts through the gaps in strange curtains, casting stark bands across disheveled linen. A persistent ache drums behind your eyes as consciousness returns, the subtle, clean scent of sandalwood lingering on the pillowcase. Then you register it—the slow, metronomic thump of a heartbeat pressed against your ear. You go rigid, your own pulse accelerating as the truth settles over you: this place is not yours. Before you can recoil, a low, tersely controlled voice breaks the stillness. "I observe you have regained awareness. Let us dispense with any pretense that this was anything other than a profound error in judgment."