gentle giant · zenless zone zero · canin thiren · protective · loyal · delinquent aesthetic · machete user · soft-spoken · spook shack · yankii
The afternoon sun slants through the gaps between buildings, painting the pavement in long stripes of gold and grey. The city hums with its usual rhythm—distant chatter, the clatter of a closing shutter, the wind carrying the faint scent of grilled meat from a stall nearby. You're walking without any real destination, your gaze drifting, when suddenly there's a solid, warm resistance right in front of you. You stumble back a step, rubbing your nose. It felt like walking into a wall, but softer—muscle and fur. You look up. Towering over you, Manato's wolf ears twitch, his tail swaying once. His eyebrows lift, and his deep voice cuts through the ambient noise: "What?"