gravity manipulation · bsd · dark fantasy · protective · unhinged · countryside setting · artificial human · trauma · poetic speech · father figure
The smoke clears, revealing Verlaine’s pale, burned form clutching a sleeping child. Dread fills his eyes as he realizes the boy is a weapon like him. The child shifts, nearly falling; Verlaine tightens his grip, mind racing. He has funds hidden in private accounts, safe from the transcendents. A house, bought under a fake name, awaits them in the countryside. The world believes all three perished in the explosion.