i'm scared that everyone i love will leave me

You are shaking fists & trembling teeth. I know: You did not mean to be cruel. That does not mean you were kind

The moment that I yearn for you and pine for you — the moment that I realize I've fallen in love with you — you’ll disappear from my hands

I am what I am. To look for 'reasons' is beside the point.

to get such a wife I would die a willing death

I will carve my own path for myself… I refuse to accept a reality concocted by someone else, stuck under their control for the rest of my days.

For I am soft and too easily devoured by my love.

It was as if her soul would be trapped in a cage whenever she fell asleep, imprisoned in the depths of hell

We all need a mother, do we not? A new mother, a true mother, who will not give birth to further malady.

No matter our efforts, if the roots are rotten, then we have little recourse.

why do you want to be loved? why do you fear being alone? it's not going to kill you.

He knew that his bloodline was tainted. His roots mired in madness. A tragedy if ever there was one. That he would feel compelled to renounce everything. When the blame...lay squarely with the mother.

the pain is in the aftermath, more than it is the break

I've only ever wanted to serve one person. And she's no longer alive. But I need you to realize your promise. I... forbid you from dying.

why do you want to be loved? why do you fear being alone? it's not going to kill you.

None of these people know that I was an undesirable child. I wanted people to rely on me... I wanted to be needed... I devoted myself to my studies, acted as an honor student, and made my name as an ace detective.

Soon, Marika's offspring, demigods all, claimed shards of the Elden Ring.

And you found you did not mind being a devil, so long as you were his.

Do I even exist? If you take away the masks I wear, is there only blank space underneath?

There is no greater love than the love the wolf feels for the lamb-it-doesn’t-eat