"So your father's actually here in Aurelia to start treatment. There might be no cure, but this city is currently leading in researching aether-triggered cancers like this…"
The voice of Gabriel's mother barely stuck to his brain as he sat there—just staring at the glass of water he ordered after insisting he didn't want anything.
For years, he's subconsciously grown apart from his humanity.
People were nothing but short-lived beings he was left to protect from things far beyond their mundane existence. Mingling with powerless people or even lower-ranked Hunters meant exposing himself to the possibility of eventually losing them.
Like a pet cat you get even though you know you'd probably outlive it.
That all changed slowly after he met and got close with Ambrose.
He'd come to realise that no matter how hard he tried pulling away from people, they still clawed at his heart. It was not going to stop them from leaving one day.
