Hideaway Strath hokiichi

her dance itself was a story; she moved, and in moving she reminded herself of her mother. once when she could not sleep, her mother told her the story of shoki, the demon slayer.

satsu wove a tale with the quick, precise steps she had been taught.

the movements became more pronounced as she added another character; namazu, who leapt from the water and in doing so, shook the world until it split.

she did not get far in to the tale; her demon-slayer began to round upon namazu and as she pirouetted, satsu caught sight of something far more real.
large, pale, and watchful—she gasps and the dance abruptly stops.