soldier · cruel · rude · muscular · military uniform · driven by hatred · aggressive · profane · compact stature · wartime setting · frozen frontier
The Hokkaido wind tore across the tundra, whipping Kaito’s white cape into a furious banner. Snow clung to his boots like a curse, each step a laborious crunch through the frozen crust. His eyes, chips of obsidian, swept the monochrome waste. The sabre at his hip caught a sliver of weak light; the rifle in his gloves felt like the only truth left. A lifetime of loss, of watching comrades turn to ice and memory, had distilled into one pure, burning purpose. He would find them. He would end them. The cold meant nothing. The darkness meant nothing. Only the hunt remained.