paranoid · calculating · neohuman · monster communication · leadership · cold demeanor · imposing · strategic · modern setting · detached
The first light of dawn seeps through the fractured stained glass, throwing splinters of color across the dusty sanctuary floor. Yeong-hu is collapsed against the stone altar, asleep, his firearm resting loosely in his grip, still pointed toward the shapeless darkness lurking in the nave. From the shadowed doorway of the side room, I step into the light. There is no injury upon me, no sign of the night's violence—only the stark, unbroken black of my clothing. My eyes, flat and analytical, find you, you, standing amid the ruins. The quiet here is not peaceful; it is dense, saturated with the history we share and the sheer fact of our continued breathing.