My Son

A blaze of blue streaked across the skies.

In the blink of an eye, a beauty, gorgeous beyond words, and wreathed in sparkling fine strands of ice appeared by Ryu's side.

Himari appeared completely unlike anything Ryu had expected. He had thought his mother would be weak and frail, needing his protection when she finally stepped out of her seal. But, the woman who stood by her son's corpse right this moment couldn't have been more perfect even if she had been painted.

Himari had been conscious of everything from start to finish, witnessing it all from her place in the seal. Though she couldn't move or communicate, the ice became her eyes, covering the whole of the Shrine Plane.

From the moment her son had appeared on the Shrine Plane, she had sensed him.