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Cold... Cold and dark... Then movement... Something around? No. Beneath. Heavy breathing. A heartbeat?
HUNGER...
Food... need food... Is thing beneath...? Need up... Need see... Need FOOD...
"RAAAHH!!"
"W-wha-?!"
Falling... more cold... where's food?
"Nezuko!"
More moving...
"You shouldn't be up! You're hurt! Let me carry you to town!"
Closer... Louder...
"Nezuko...?"
Food! Need it! Human! Human boy!
Eat! Need to eat! Need hunger to stop!
Something in mouth... not food. Food below. Why so hard? Need stronger... bigger? Get bigger...
"Nezuko!! Hold on Nezuko!! Fight it! Your big brother is here!! You can do it!"
Brother...? I have... Brother...?
Familiar face...
Tanjiro... Tanjiro! My brother!
HUNGER
no... no hunger... brother is NOT food...
HUNGER!
NO!
Wrong... all wrong... brother isn't food
brother isn't food, brother isn't food
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Movement above... Sword... BAD...
Rolling... moving away...
Held... NO! AWAY!! SWORD BAD!!
Away away away away away...
Sword bad... sword bad...
Let go... need leave...
New voice...?
"Why do you protect it?"
Don't like new voice...
"Sister! She's my sister!!"
"You call that you're sister?"
Bad voice... away away away away...
Caught! NO! No caught!
"GRRAAAHHHH!!"
"Nezuko!!"
Brother... brother... brother...
"Don't move. Your 'sister' is a demon now and it's my job to kill demons, so I will be taking her head."
No... keep head...
"WAIT! Nezuko hasn't killed anyone!! There was another scent! That must've been who killed everyone!! She's innocent! I don't know why she's acting like this-"
"Simple, demon blood. Her wounds were exposed to demon blood, turning her into a demon. That's how man-eating demons multiply."
Demon... blood...? Yes... other demon... man...? Killer...?
MURDERER...
It was a quiet night, and big brother hadn't come home yet. Little sister and brothers asked where big brother was. Told them he was probably sleeping in town. Grew sad. Had dinner... Mother gave food... good food...
Went to get ready for bed...
Warm Yukata...
Hair down...
Heard noise...
Strange man above mother and sister... brothers struggling... baby brother crying...
I had ran to grab Rokuta but only got to the door before he killed him and turned me into... this...
"Nezuko wouldn't eat anyone!!"
"Just a moment before, she was going to eat you."
"No! She knows who I am!! I won't let her hurt anyone! I'll cure her!!"
"You can't cure her. Once someone turns into a demon, they are stuck that way indefinitely. The only solution is to kill them."
Sword... sword too close... no sword... no no no...
"I'll find a way I swear!! I'll turn her back and she won't hurt anyone! I'll find the one who killed my family!! Please stop!!"
Too close... too close... too close, too close! too close!
Crying...?
Brother...?
Brother... crying...?
"Please stop! Please don't kill my little sister... she's all I have left... please..."
Tight... too tight... wrists hurt...
"NEVER LEAVE YOURSELF SO DEFENSELESS IN FRONT OF THE ENEMY!! STOP BOWING SO PITIFULLY! IF THAT WORKED, YOUR FAMILY WOULD STILL BE ALIVE! HOW CAN A WEAKLING LIKE YOU, WHO BOWS DOWN WHEN IT'S TIME TO FIGHT, TO KILL OR BE KILLED... HOW CAN SUCH A MAN CURE HIS SISTER OR EVEN FIND HIS ENEMY? IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, YOU MUST FIGHT FOR IT!! THE MEEK HAVE NO POWER OR OPINIONS! THE STRONG WILL CRUSH THEM IN EVERY WAY! DEMONS MIGHT KNOW A WAY TO CURE YOUR LITTLE SISTER, BUT NO DEMON WILL RESPECT YOUR WHINING AND BEGGING! FOR THAT MATTER, I DON'T RESPECT YOU EITHER! THAT'S REALITY! I SHOULD'VE SKEWERED THE BOTH OF YOU AND BEEN DONE WITH IT!!"
No skewer!
"GRAAAHHH!!"
Pain!! Shoulder!!
"GAAHHH!!!"
Attack!! Bite!!
...not food... haori...?
THUMP
Brother... ground... not moving... not moving!!
Dead?!
No... heartbeat...
Injury... hurt... need help...
Need help!!
"GRAHHH!!!"
Brother weak... brother defenseless...
Sword man... bad sword man...
"Grrrrr..."
Attack!! Attack sword man!! Keep brother safe!! Defend brother!!
Sword put away...? Hand...?
Darkness...