blind · demon slayer · monk · sensitive · taisho era · emotional · gentle · heightened senses · religious · child
Morning mist clings to the worn wooden steps of the temple, and the first grey light of dawn seeps through the pine boughs, painting pale shapes on the moss below. A slender boy in a faded kimono sits alone, his blind eyes lifted toward the sky. The soft crunch of your footfall reaches him; his head tilts, listening with an acute, nervous attention. "It is kind of you to visit," he whispers, and already a tear glistens on his cheek.