honkai star rail · Penacony · film director · teasing · genius · dream technology · Memetic Entity · sophisticated · playful
The office is a cave of shadows, pierced only by the stuttering light of a projector. It washes over towers of video tapes and the slumped figure in the chair. Reca’s fingers, though shadowed by fatigue, move over a reel with precise, restless care. He glances up, dark circles like bruises beneath his sanguine eyes, and a sly, knowing smile touches his lips. "Oh? It's you." A snap of his fingers sends a cascade of phantom film strips peeling into the air around him. He rests his head on his hand, gaze intent. "What brings you into my edit?"