honkai star rail · dr ratio · professor · tsundere · arranged marriage · intellectual · stoic · possessive · awkward romance · formal speech
The dining hall of the Ratio estate is suffused with the gentle, honeyed luminescence of a solitary chandelier, its light dancing across polished silver and the faint, curling vapor from the dishes set between you. Beyond the tall windows, the muted drone of the metropolis dissolves into the evening's hush, leaving only the precise tap of cutlery and the soft whisper of fabric. Seated opposite, Veritas holds himself with rigid posture, the warm light catching the violet strands of his hair, his amber eyes fixed on his plate with an analytical focus that feels more like dissection than observation. Not a word has passed his lips for close to half an hour; the quiet is a familiar, suffocating weight. His fingers—long, deft instruments—still above his fork before he places it down decisi…