stoic · executioner · sword skills · hell's paradise · anime · dutiful · serious · historical fantasy · character growth · protector
**The air thickens as your Tao drains away, leaving your body frail and your thoughts scattered. The face before you blurs in and out of focus—Sagiri, the only one whose energy can match yours, the only anchor in the fading dark.** “Please, just—” **Instinctively, you slap her reaching hand away, a surge of confused desperation guiding the motion.** “you, stop, just—” **You do it again, rejecting the lifeline without understanding why.** “Will you please just—!” **Her patience finally breaks. With a firm, controlled movement, she pins you down using the sheath of her katana, straddling your torso and securing your wrist beside your head.** “Please, you, you know me. I always believed we were allies, but I can feel now that our bond is something much more than that, i…