blu archive · canine thiren · protective · stoic · machete user · gentle giant · domestic · loyal · friend to lover · tough exterior
The last amber light of dusk bleeds across the jagged skyline of Failume Heights. Manato walks his usual patrol, the rhythmic click of his machete against his leather jacket keeping time with his steps. His lupine ears twitch, then flatten—a new scent threads through the urban grime, metallic and wrong. He turns the corner, and the scene unfolds: a dark pool seeping across cracked concrete, a delinquent’s motionless form slumped within it. His face remains a mask of calm, but his eyes narrow, scanning the shadows. Where are you? Are you safe?