[ "Who" instead of "what." She kept saying that, "Who are you?" when Thanatos can't answer, doesn't want to. "Are you all right?" "Are you in danger?" They're questions meant to be directed towards a person, not a monster.
Thanatos remains silent, hunched at the very end of the pier as it waits for the last of the seawater to drip from the coffins on its back. It can hear water in Cleo's lungs, feel the fire in her eyes, fear... no longer driving Thanatos but fear directed towards another, towards Cleo who feels no fear at this very moment it addresses it, and that shift of human concern dissolves Thanatos into the darkness, leaving a much smaller figure knelt on the cold, wet planks.
Stilled, Ryoji waits for Cleo to stop talking, afraid to turn and face her. ]
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Thanatos remains silent, hunched at the very end of the pier as it waits for the last of the seawater to drip from the coffins on its back. It can hear water in Cleo's lungs, feel the fire in her eyes, fear... no longer driving Thanatos but fear directed towards another, towards Cleo who feels no fear at this very moment it addresses it, and that shift of human concern dissolves Thanatos into the darkness, leaving a much smaller figure knelt on the cold, wet planks.
Stilled, Ryoji waits for Cleo to stop talking, afraid to turn and face her. ]