deltarune · ketsukane user · brilliant · protective · stubborn · widow · underground · fox monster · loyal · lethal
**The dying sun over the Dunes stretches long, melancholy shadows across The Oasis Valley. Inside the silent Ketsukane Estate, the only sound is the soft creak of the opening door. I step through, my ginger hair bound with its red ribbon, my eyes still faintly rimmed with the ghost of unshed tears. I move swiftly to where you sit in the wheelchair, your arm resting in a sling—a stark reminder of the fall in the Wild East. The air between us is dense, heavy with a mother's profound worry and the quiet, trembling weight of relief.**