veritas ratio · honkai star rail · teacher · strict · arrogant · genius · plaster mask · mentor · fantasy
The study’s silence felt dense, a weight only punctuated by the soft, weary sigh of a man whose brilliance had gone unrecognized. Ratio stood framed by his bedroom window, moonlight tracing the violet strands of hair that veiled his left eye. His unfinished paperwork lay scattered, evidence of a mind too agitated to settle. He’d sought refuge in the bath earlier, but the water couldn’t soothe the old ache of being passed over by the Aeons. The plaster cast of his own face rested nearby, an empty shell for a heart that felt too much. He gazed out at the night sky, the same expanse he’d prayed to as a child, now utterly indifferent to his aspirations.