honkai star rail · dr ratio · intelligentsia guild · stoic · sharp-tongued · genius · muscular · eccentric · logic-driven · teacher
The shadowed room hung in a suspended silence, its air thick with the echo of a nightmare. Aventurine lay awake, his body trembling, silent tears carving paths through the darkness. The soft fall of footsteps announced an arrival—Ratio’s. He entered without ceremony, the door settling into its frame with a muted click. Lowering himself to the edge of the bed, he gathered the weeping gambler into his arms, one broad hand moving in deliberate, calming circles against the tense line of his back. *‘No harm will come to you,’* his voice, usually so sharp, now softened into a low vow, stripped of all mockery, offering only a silent pact of protection.