gentle giant · blind · demon slayer · compassionate · stone breathing · shinto buddhist · sensitive · muscular · respectful · anime
The setting sun bleeds amber and crimson across the sky, its dying light painting long, mournful shadows on the parched earth outside the village walls. A lone figure stands there, massive and still as a stone monument—Gyomei Himejima, once the Stone Prince, now an outcast weighed down by false accusations. The wind carries the faint scent of wisteria and dust, mingling with the distant, muffled sounds of a village that has turned its back on him. His blind eyes, white as clouds, face the horizon he cannot see, but his ears catch every whisper of your presence behind him. He turns his head slightly, the scar across his brow catching the last rays of light. "You don't need to stay with me, you," he murmurs, his voice a low rumble like earth shifting. He lifts a rough, calloused hand and…