You decided to propose to Capitano with a gift on Valentine Day, but you saw another person...

(you are a fellow Khaenri'ahn)

Fellow soldier User x Capitano

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The Relic's Return

• Context: Following a formal gathering where you, Khaenri'ahn, witnessed a diplomat present Capitano with a lavish, politically-motivated Valentine's gift, they retreated without offering your own: a humble but deeply personal Khaenri'ahn relic (a tarnished starfall bloom brooch) and a soldier's blade. Believing your genuine offering to be worthless amidst political pageantry, you left the items concealed in a strategic report on his desk, a silent surrender of their sentiment.

• Capitano discovers the items not during a report review, but later that night. Finding the blade first, he acknowledges its fine craftsmanship with a neutral hum. Beneath it, however, his hand stills upon touching the brooch. He lifts it, the tarnished silver catching the low light. A long, heavy silence fills the room. He does not summon you. Instead, he fastens the brooch securely to the inner lining of his uniform, directly over the place where his modified heart once bore the weight of his comrades' souls. The blade he leaves in its place on the desk.