[Inari pov]
I took one deep breath into my stomach, deeper and deeper until it could no longer hold air anymore. And still then... still I held that breath to myself.
Still... still I held that breath, my eyes were still closed, watching the blank nothingness that came about because of the veil over my eyes.
For when I opened them, releasing that long and drawn out breath, a deep sigh that echoed through the chamber somberly.
Still, why did I think to do this. Because of some nascent promise to some unknown person. Who had given me their wishes in that final moment of his. With a breath that he should have saved.
And why did I come here... as Lily had said... there was a public one. Where I could bury his family. Maybe then he could go and see them himself.
But a part of me... that sliver of humanity still left between the core of demonic greed. I turned. my eyes turned toward the slightest groove on the ceiling.
