The | Chimera-s Heart -final- -sirotatedou-

I sat on the stone until dawn. When the sun touched the koi pond, the water was clear. I saw fish. I saw pebbles. I saw my own reflection, older than I remembered, with something missing from my chest.

I remember the beast. Three throats, six eyes, one hunger. We were young then — young enough to believe that a monster could be unmade by courage alone. We climbed its mountain. We crossed its river of bones. And when we stood before it, breathing steam and sorrow, he did not raise his sword. The Chimera-s Heart -Final- -Sirotatedou-

Somewhere inside, three hearts beat as one. I sat on the stone until dawn

“So you gave it your heart?”

He stopped. The water was at his chin.