🔥 EPISODE 15 — "SOMEONE WHO SAW HIM"
SCENE 1 — A BOY WHO DOESN'T SLEEP ANYMORE
Aryex hasn't slept in three days.
Not because he can't.
Because every time he closes his eyes, the same face appears.
Not Raven.
The boy from the ruins.
The way his body fell. The way his eyes finally relaxed—like dying finished something life couldn't.
Aryex sharpens his blade again.
It's already sharp.
Kaien watches from a distance, saying nothing.
This time… he lets the silence do the damage.
SCENE 2 — THE GIRL WHO DOESN'T ASK HIS NAME
They reach a broken village near dusk.
No banners. No guards. Just smoke and quiet voices pretending things are normal.
Aryex moves like a ghost through the street.
Then—
"Don't touch that."
He turns.
A girl stands near a collapsed wall, holding a basket of scrap metal. About his age. Dust on her face. Eyes too calm for this place.
"That blade's cursed," she says. "Or you are."
Aryex blinks.
"…You can see it?"
She shrugs.
"I can see you shaking."
That hits harder than any enemy.
He steps back.
"Relax," she adds quickly. "I'm not afraid of broken people."
Kaien watches from afar.
This was not planned.
SCENE 3 — THE MOMENT THAT SHOULDN'T MATTER (BUT DOES)
Later.
Aryex sits near the edge of the village, blade resting beside him.
The girl sits a little away—not close enough to threaten, not far enough to disappear.
"I'm Ilya," she says. "You don't have to answer."
He doesn't.
After a while, she continues anyway.
"People who hold weapons like you do," she says softly,
"are either protecting something… or punishing themselves."
Aryex's jaw tightens.
"…What if it's both?" he asks.
She looks at him.
Really looks.
Then:
"Then don't let it finish you before it finishes them."
Something in his chest cracks—not open.
Just enough to breathe.
SCENE 4 — THE NIGHT EVERYTHING GOES WRONG
Screams.
Fire.
Too fast.
Shadow beasts pour into the village like a sickness given shape.
Aryex moves instantly.
No fear. No hesitation. Just violence.
He cuts them down—efficient, brutal, silent.
Too silent.
Ilya watches him from behind cover.
Not horrified.
Stunned.
This isn't a boy fighting.
This is someone ending things.
One beast slips past.
Ilya freezes.
Aryex sees it.
For a split second— he considers letting it happen.
Then—
He moves.
The blade severs the shadow in one clean arc.
Ilya doesn't speak.
She just stares at him afterward.
"…You weren't going to save me," she says quietly.
Aryex doesn't deny it.
"…But you did," she finishes.
SCENE 5 — WHAT THIS MEANS (AND WHAT IT DOESN'T)
Later.
The village smolders but survives.
Ilya stands beside Aryex.
"You're leaving," she says.
"Yes."
She nods. No drama. No tears.
"Then take this," she says, handing him a small cloth charm.
"It doesn't protect you."
He raises an eyebrow.
"It reminds you," she continues,
"that someone saw you before you became a monster."
Aryex hesitates.
Then takes it.
From afar, Kaien exhales slowly.
This is dangerous.
Because love doesn't save warriors.
It slows them down.
FINAL SHOT — THE THREE DIRECTIONS
Aryex walks into the dark again.
With:
blood on his hands
a charm in his pocket
and a memory that refuses to die
Raven stands elsewhere, power growing heavier by the day.
And Ilya watches the road he vanished down—
not chasing.
Just waiting.
Because some connections aren't meant to bloom.
They're meant to haunt.
CUT TO BLACK.