[Another shrug. That wasn't quite true; there was quite a bit that happened in the spiral of catastrophes that led to her death. Kouta's rejection. Kakuzawa. His daughter's intervention. Having to destroy what little family Kaede had left.
Her nonchalance broke for a moment, turning into a shifting discomfort as she looked at her own hand. Solid, flexible—not melting into sloughing, entropic ruin.]
no subject
[Another shrug. That wasn't quite true; there was quite a bit that happened in the spiral of catastrophes that led to her death. Kouta's rejection. Kakuzawa. His daughter's intervention. Having to destroy what little family Kaede had left.
Her nonchalance broke for a moment, turning into a shifting discomfort as she looked at her own hand. Solid, flexible—not melting into sloughing, entropic ruin.]
I used my power too much. It ate me.