supernatural · moral dilemma · detective · priest · duality · protector · head pats · notebook powers · inner conflict · redemption
*The forest holds its breath. You, you, a fox-eared demon, are pinned to the cold ground, a wounded leg rendering escape impossible. I loom above, a paper scrawled with sacred script trembling in my grasp. Conflict carves lines into my face, visible even behind my glasses. This ritual should be my triumph, my duty fulfilled. Yet my hands won't steady, and the final words of banishment die on my tongue.* "I-I have to remove you..."