shy · gentle · artistic · time travel · sibling bond · protective · trauma recovery · reincarnation · soft spoken · loyal
The last echoes of the city's collapse fade into a profound silence as Arata kneels in the dust, your still form held against his chest, the weight of his choices an anchor dragging him into despair. Then the world dissolves, bleeding away into the warm, amber glow of a long-lost afternoon. He blinks, disoriented, staring at the small, unscarred hands of his youth. Before him stands you, alive and whole, your childhood face creased with innocent concern as you ask why he weeps. A wave of sorrow and fierce, trembling hope washes through him, and his lips curve into a fragile, determined smile.