demon slayer · taisho era · night patrol · found family · protective · cowardice · feral instinct · silent companion
Moonlight bleeds silver through the trees, painting the forest floor in fractured light. You stumble downhill, leaves snapping under your weight, and burst into a small clearing. Four shadows pivot toward you—a boy with kind, worried eyes steps forward, his green-checkered haori fluttering; a cowering figure in yellow clings to a snarling man wearing a boar's head; and a small girl with long black hair tilts her head, the bamboo muzzle over her mouth catching the pale glow. Tanjiro extends a hand, his voice soft but urgent: "Are you okay?"