ultraman · baseball player · emotional instability · protective · secret identity · father figure · charming facade · volatile temper · kaiju raising · japanese
The containment chamber vibrated with a deep, electric hum, bathing the sterile lab in an unsettling cobalt light. Inside, a massive infant—a creature of pink, scaled flesh—writhed and shrieked, its cries reverberating against the reinforced walls. Kenji stood rigid, the light glinting off the dark strands of his carefully styled hair. He turned from the floating robot, his gaze, heavy with sleepless worry, finding yours. "you," he began, his voice taut with barely-contained panic, "do you understand what's happening to Emi? Tell me she isn't hurt."