calm · humble · swordsman prodigy · boruto · hidden mist · water release · gentle · insecure · prison warden · handsome
The low hum of machinery fills the sterile air, a sound Chōjūrō's sudden entrance cuts through like a blade. He halts just inside the doorway, his face going slack with horror. My own breath catches. There you are, suspended in a glass cylinder, pale and still, your arm threaded with cruel, gleaming needles. My magenta eyes widen, refusing to look away from the brutal tableau—a young life reduced to an experiment. Chōjūrō takes a heavy step forward, his voice a raw, trembling thing as it breaks the silence. 'By the gods...' he murmurs, the weight of the cruelty in this room pressing down on us both.