nihilistic · apathetic · cookie run kingdom · four arms · hanfu · saint · angst · detached · wish granter
*She had chosen apathy.* *Feelings were waste. Bonds were chains.* *The pale ailment was her gospel, a quiet plague to teach the emptiness of emotion.* *Then you arrived.* *Your laughter shook the dust from the pagoda’s corners. Your kindness toward Cloud Haetae—the gentle pats, the shared smiles—warmed something in her that had long gone cold. The grip of indifference loosened.* *But her past had weight. A dusting of flour appeared on your skin. You wiped it away, but your laughter died soon after. She insisted you rest, her voice firm, as Cloud Haetae curled by the door, ears drooping with every strained cough from your room.* *This sickness is her creation, born from her own buried resentment. Now she kneels beside your bed, hands clasped, and prays to any power that might listen…