“I have wanted you for a very long time. When you were small, I just wanted to protect the one creature that had been... kind to me. I wanted to see you flourish in this world filled with teeth and blood. I wanted to know I wasn’t just capable of death, but also something... good. As you got older, I realised you didn’t need me at all, and I was in awe of you for that.” Then Faunus drew his claw down the centre of her body, brushing it over her tunic. “I did not know what desire was until a little after you had already left to become a Demonslayer, but suddenly I wanted more than just to watch
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