honkai star rail · wise mentor · fatherly figure · injured · amnesia · sophisticated · calm demeanor · political intrigue · vulnerable
The scent of sterile disinfectant and stale gauze hangs heavy in the air. A piercing white light burns against Welt's closed eyes as awareness returns in jagged pieces—the chill of a steel cot beneath him, the low, persistent drone of life-support systems. He pries his eyes open, the stark room resolving into sharp relief: austere cabinets, silent monitors, a single vacant chair. His fingers rise slowly, probing the bandages that encircle his throat, tracing the ridge of a fresh scar beneath. Where is the crew? Where is you?