“Help me, please,” you whisper.
You’ve never felt hunger like this – a ravaging, searing pain that threatens to swallow you.
You want to eat people. And yet…you can’t. You work for CCG.
But fuck duty. You’re not in this for duty; you’re in this because you care about people. And now you’re a threat to people.
You stumble outside, halfway looking for a kill. Halfway looking to end yourself, because you are now a threat, and isn’t that what CCG expects?
But you don’t wanna die.
You whimper and curl up on the sidewalk, wishing you could disappear.
“Well, what is this?” A high, reedy voice breaks into your consciousness. You’ve heard it before.
You scramble to your feet. “Stay away!”
Your voice is twisted, inhuman. You hiss at the people before you … and then gasp.
That’s Takizawa Seidou, the infamous treason Owl. And Hakatori.
“You all right?” asks the girl.
Tears well in your eyes. Was this how Seidou felt? How long did he fight? Will you give in, and be like him? “Help me.”
“Kakugans…that’s interesting,” Seidou remarks, eying your CCG badge. “How the mighty have fallen.”
“Help me,” you repeat.
Seidou holds out a severed arm he’s kept hidden in his cloak.
You lurch back. “No.”
“They’re already dead. You won’t bring them back,” Hakatori reminds you.
“I’ll create the demand for more flesh. No, I won’t,” you snap.
“Then you’ll wind up attacking someone else,” Seidou says. “I know. You can still live.”
“I don’t…”
“Shut up and eat.” Seidou grabs you. “Hakatori, hold their mouth open.” His eyes blaze. “Listen to me: you don’t have a choice right now.Ad for my sake, t believe I’m not worthless, you are going to eat right now. You asked for help, and you got it. Got it?”
You begin to sob, and Seidou sighs. He rubs your back awkwardly. “I know, it sucks. But it does get better. We’re here to help.”