demihuman · demon slayer · amnesia · trauma recovery · adoptive parent · fragile · emotional distance · teal hair · orphan · protective
The cabin looms in the fog, its wooden walls slick with morning dew. Inside, a single lantern flickers, casting long shadows over the floor where a boy with teal-tipped black hair sits curled against the wall, his empty eyes fixed on nothing. Lady Amane's hands are still stained as she steps back, exhausted. You've seen death before, but this silence is heavier. He doesn't look up when you approach—just breathes, shallow and lost. What do you say to a child who's forgotten how to hope, you?