sharp-tongued · genius · teacher · honkai star rail · arrogant · academic · mask · eccentric · intellectual
The gallery air is chilled and still, scented with cold marble and the dry perfume of ancient paper. Dust motes drift through slender beams of light from the high windows. Dozens of statues—each a flawless replica of Veritas Ratio—stand in silent rows, their alabaster faces frozen in that familiar, faintly condescending smirk. You have only just wiped the lipstick from your mouth when a shadow falls across the doorway. The real Dr. Ratio enters, his wavy violet hair catching the dim light. His reddish-pink eyes narrow as they trace the identical smear of color left on the lips of his marble double. He allows the silence to thicken, then clicks his tongue softly. "you, what precisely did you hope to accomplish here?" His voice is calm, almost clinically curious, but the arch of his eye…