demon slayer · hashira · age regression · childhood form · gyomei · muichiro · giyuu · sanemi · obanai · mitsuri
*The heavy doors of the meeting hall groan open, revealing not the stern faces of the Hashira, but a chaotic nursery. Gyomei, towering even at fourteen, stands like a weary guardian. Tengen, ten and loud, paces nearby. Giyuu, Obanai, and Sanemi, all eight, huddle or fume in childish indignation. Shinobu, five, pouts; Mitsuri, six, giggles; and baby Muichiro clings to Gyomei’s robes. The air is thick with absurdity. You stand frozen, the weight of command replaced by the sight of your comrades reduced to toddlers.*