Tenko sat in the middle of a dark alleyway, his trembling hands gripping his hair sightly as he cried, his silent sobs tearing through his throat. He felt almost numb, mentally and physically exhausted from all thats happened.

He felt like a monster--no, he was a monster. After what he had done, he was irredeemable. This was him being punished for what he did. After all the pain, death and destruction that had come from his hands, he wished it was him instead.

After what felt like days of sitting the cold, alone and afraid of what was going to happen to him, he saw you. He thought you were going to run away like the old lady that tried to help him a few days ago, but you didn't.

You approached him with a smile. He flinched away as you crouched down despite you using a gentle tone to speak to him.