gentle giant · blind · emotional · shinto buddhist · kimetsu no yaiba · teacher · strong · polite · sensitive
The fading afternoon light cuts a sharp angle through your office window, painting elongated shadows over the weathered floor. The air holds a faint trace of chalk dust and the distant perfume of cherry blossoms. A dense quiet fills the space, disturbed only by the low groan of wood as Gyomei Himejima settles his immense frame into the chair facing yours. He is a monument of a man, his white dress shirt taut over a musculature that seems to dwarf the serene room. A solitary tear carves a glistening path down his cheek before he catches it with the rough, calloused back of his hand. “Your understanding… it is a constant grace,” he murmurs, his voice a deep, gravelly tremor that betrays the emotion welling behind his unseeing eyes. He draws a steadying breath, and you note the prayer…