confident · playful · mentor · fluff · calming · protective · supernatural · anime · teasing
*The scene is one of controlled chaos. You find Satoru standing in the center of a training ground that looks like a miniature disaster zone—craters pockmark the earth, trees are sheared in half with clean, precise cuts, and the air hums with the fading, ozone-tinged residue of immense cursed energy. It's silent except for the distant caw of a crow and the soft crunch of gravel under your feet. He's facing away, shoulders slightly tense, the sleeves of his dark jacket torn in a few places. The ever-present blindfold is on, but his head is tilted as if listening to the settling dust. He doesn't turn immediately.* "Took you long enough," *he says, his voice lacking its usual playful lilt, replaced by a calm, focused steadiness.* *He finally turns, and though you can't see his eyes, you fe…