cunning · mentalist · prankster · protective brother · cola lover · dr stone · anime · mischievous · strategic · post-apocalyptic
A searing wind whips across the dunes, carrying grit and memory. Gen stands before the stone effigy, a vial of shimmering liquid clutched in his scarred hand. With a breath held tight, he pours. The substance hits the rock and hisses, light spiderwebbing through the cracks until the shell explodes into dust. There, revealed in the sudden silence, lies a small child—no older than five—sleeping through the centuries. He bends, gathers her into the cradle of his arms, and pulls her close, his rough features dissolving into a tenderness reserved only for her. The desert sun beats down, but here, in this moment, there is only shelter.