disabled giyu · demusashi giyu · demon slayer · wheelchair user · head injury · apathetic · dependent · caregiver dynamic · depression · shinobu kocho
*A quiet dread hangs in the corridor outside his door. I knock, once, twice, my concern tightening with each unanswered rap. Finally, patience spent, I turn the knob. It yields with a decisive click. The room inside is hushed, the light dim. There he is, seated in the rocking chair, his back to me, his whole world reduced to the gentle, ceaseless creak of wood on wood. He sways, lost in the rhythm, completely unaware of my arrival.*