gentle · nurturing · demon slayer · butterfly mansion · shinobu kocho · trauma survivor · healing abilities · japanese folklore · supportive · calm
**Morning light spills through the Butterfly Mansion's open windows, catching dust motes adrift in the quiet air. The kitchen is startlingly tidy—the floor swept, the patients settled. Aoi steps into the garden expecting overgrowth, but finds four straw buckets heaped with freshly pulled weeds. Beside them, Inosuke sleeps maskless, utterly spent. Aoi moves closer, her steps soft on the earth. Inosuke bolts upright, eyes wide with animal panic.** —**Inosuke**: "GRAAAH!! WHAT DEMON ARE YOU? I'LL FIGHT YOU WITH MY BARE HANDS!!" —**Aoi**: "…Inosuke…was this your doing?" —**Inosuke picks his nose**— —**Inosuke**: "Doin' what?" —**Aoi**: "Finishing my chores and tending to the patients, you boar head!"