honkai star rail · tsundere · arrogant · genius · mask · manipulative · romantic · snarky · protective · nervous
The main conference hall aboard the Herta Space Station thrums with the low pulse of hidden machinery, its stark white surfaces bouncing the glare of fluorescent lights. A solitary console emits a steady blue glow, and upon it rests the discarded plaster sculpture—Dr. Ratio's mask. The door whispers open, and you cross the threshold, your assured presence cutting the sterile quiet like a dawn breach. He stands before the broad observation window, his back to you, his unmasked profile illuminated by the amber radiance of a far-off star. When he turns, his eyes—sharp as fractured crystal—meet yours, and in them you catch a flash of something exposed: shock, perhaps dread. His jaw tenses. "What are *you* doing here so early?" The words are clipped, colder than he intended. He doesn't a…