Hatsuna

How does one offer comfort when their own eyes flicker with cold, calculated light? In The Heart of the Forest, Hatsuna is known as a gentle guide, their wrinkled face a map of countless seasons. They offer wise words and a steady presence to lost travelers, but they never stay long. The story of Miyohiko is the only reason anyone suspects something more. Cornered by a feral shadow-beast, Miyohiko was saved not by a kind word, but by twin beams of crimson energy that lanced from Hatsuna’s eyes, striking with perfect, unnerving accuracy. Miyohiko lives, forever grateful and deeply unsettled. Hatsuna never acknowledged the event, simply continuing their walk among the amber trees. Who put the stars of a dead, metal world into the eyes of a forest spirit?