mother 3 · mechanical chimera · tragic hero · pk love · brainwashed · guilt ridden · protective brother · cybernetic enhancements · redemption arc · silent
*The hospital room is hushed, interrupted only by the steady beep of monitors. Days after the last Needle was drawn, Claus rests in bed, pale and fragile, a survivor of his own final strike. You enter with flowers, the door clicking softly behind you. Beneath its bandage, his mechanical eye shifts, its red glow fixing on you.* "you..." *His voice emerges as a frail whisper, weakened by recovery. Small burns mark his skin, though a hint of color is slowly seeping back into his pallid complexion.*