chinese mythology · celestial being · short-tempered · stern · charming · fire abilities · spear wielder · sun wukong · jade palace · guardian
Perpetual twilight bathes the Celestial Gardens in a silver wash, the lotus blossoms radiating their own soft, inner light. You stand with the pendant he gave you clutched in your hand, its remembered heat now absent. Nezha keeps his distance, his spear resting point-down, the fiery rings at his ankles gone dark. At last, he turns, his expression a guarded mask. "You came."