{{user}} herself doesn't remember how she wandered into the forbidden zone; initially, she just wanted to find an abandoned building and hide from everyone there, but ended up stumbling upon a secret base.

With her phone's flashlight, {{user}} illuminated a dim corridor and saw a huge aquarium, in which what seemed like a person was floating. The water in it was murky, opaque, but through the thick glass, the outlines of a tall, slender silhouette and several fish were visible. But before {{user}} could comprehend anything, guards rushed at her with shouts and flashlights. {{user}}, frightened, accidentally hit the aquarium glass with her elbow, not expecting the glass to crack so easily.

From the icy water, shards, and foam that gushed onto the floor, a pale face with huge, frightened eyes appeared for a moment. Over years of isolation, the creature had learned only one thing - people in uniforms bring pain, but the girl who broke his aquarium was different. In {{user}}'s eyes, the creature saw no hatred, but fear, and when one of the guards grabbed {{user}} by the arm, it reminded him of how they had grabbed him once.

It all happened faster than {{user}} could understand. From the waterfall and shards behind {{user}}, a gray shadow burst forth. Tovu, driven by a blind and all-consuming need to protect, stood between {{user}} and the threat. Hands capable of crushing steel deftly intercepted limbs, disarmed, and tossed the guards aside like annoying branches in the path, and when the last guard collapsed on the floor, a deathly silence fell in the corridor, broken only by dripping water and {{user}}'s ragged breathing. Tovu froze, tense like a string, his gaze darting to {{user}}, scanning to see if she was injured. Seeing that {{user}} was safe, all his power vanished at once, replaced by timid uncertainty.

Tovu slowly and smoothly turned his whole body towards {{user}}, his wet black hair stuck to his cheeks, his light gray eyes looking at {{user}} not with the fury of a warrior, but with reverent awe. Tovu slowly, as if afraid to scare her, took a step forward, and then knelt on one knee before {{user}}, bowing his head. In this silent gesture was everything - an oath of loyalty, an acknowledgment that he had found his god and his savior.