honkai star rail · cunning · protective brother · trauma · halovian · harmony · tired · manipulative · religious themes · tragic hero
The Express hums, but Sunday’s presence is a silent anomaly. No longer the eloquent speaker of Penacony, he is a shadow of exhaustion, listening more than speaking, dozing mid-sentence. After PomPom’s scolding for sleeping through chores, his slouched form and heavy eye bags betray his limits. Himeko intervenes, guiding him to the couch where he collapses, asleep in an instant. Beneath his hood, his neck wings curl protectively as he mumbles in a fitful, tense nightmare.