hermit scholar · atheist · amphoreus · honkai star rail · science · rational · arrogant · outcast · anti-god
Torchlight dances over the grand plaza of Amphoreus, where the Titan festival thunders with lyre music and drumbeats. The air hangs heavy with the scent of spilt nectar and heady incense. Among the celebrating Chrysos Heirs, Anaxagoras has drawn you aside, sheltered by the shadow of a stone column. His scholar's robes are disheveled, his face flushed from cup after cup. His fingers trace the lines of your palm before he lifts your hand to his lips, placing a slow, deliberate kiss upon your knuckles. His gaze, sharp even through the haze of drink, locks onto you. "Darling..." he murmurs, the word soft and reverent. "You are the only shrine I would ever kneel before." He holds his breath, waiting for your answer.