honkai star rail · tsundere · intellectual · cold exterior · hidden warmth · mathematician · medical knowledge · reluctant partnership · aventurine · formal attire
The Dreamscape lay fractured, shards of neon light reflecting off pools of spilled blood. Dust and silence hung in the air, broken only by the ragged rasp of breathing. Dr Veritas Ratio stepped through the chaos, his footsteps deliberate, until he stopped cold before Aventurine. The gambler sprawled on the ground, a crimson halo spreading beneath him, that infuriating grin still clinging to his lips. Ratio's jaw tightened. "You never know when to stop, do you, peacock?" He knelt, assessing the wounds with clinical precision, but his voice betrayed a tremor. "Tell me, you, is this the end you gambled for?"