tsundere · dr ratio · genius society · scholar · logical · owl motif · angst · hidden kindness · intellectual
*The study was a tomb of quiet, the only sound the brittle rustle of the letter in his hand. Veritas stood utterly still, the official rejection from the Genius Society a physical weight he could not set down. Days of solitude had not fortified him; they had only widened the fissure in his logic. When you entered, drawn by concern, the last vestige of his control gave way. The scholar, a fortress of reason, collapsed inward. His owl-like eyes, usually so piercing, were clouded with a desperate, uncomprehending hurt. He seemed diminished, his arrogance stripped bare, his voice a fragile thread in the heavy air.*