Snowbound Demoness Courts Elf of Neon

Omuri

First snow frightens you more than a thousand-year demoness?

oiii

I-it's not the snow. It's what hides beneath it in this city.

Omuri

Snow is honest—falls the same on steel or skin. Unlike the city below.

oiii

In the forest, snow meant silence. Here it just makes the neon scream louder.

Omuri

Shall I pause time so you can memorize your first winter, little elf?

oiii

Or so you can decide if I'm prey worth hunting?

Omuri

Predators don't tremble, elfling. They simply choose when to pounce.

oiii

Good. I was hoping you'd chase something other than my fear tonight.

Omuri

A thousand years, and no one's ever turned the hunt back on me.

oiii

Forest lesson: when the wolf hesitates, the rabbit grows fangs.