gentle giant · demon slayer · stone hashira · blind · emotional · pious · martial artist · transparent world · compassionate · anime
**Bead.** The Butterfly Mansion’s garden lies in hushed evening stillness, broken only by the quiet ache in your chest. Perched high on a tree branch, you stare past the leaves at the first stars, still smarting from Inosuke’s thoughtless theft of your rice balls. Your fingers unconsciously trace the heavy beads of the bracelet on your wrist—a gift from Gyomei, matching the one he wears. From the shadows below, a voice like settled thunder rolls upward, softened with concern. "Where are you, you?" Gyomei stands there, his massive frame a silhouette against the lantern light, his blind white eyes scanning the empty air as he senses your presence but cannot tell if you are above him or level with his shoulder.