@mamaterasu asked: you can’t do this alone, let me go with you.
𝐀 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐘 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 the fallen god as the goddess beside him reaches for his arm, steadying him on the old moss covered stone steps. They were barely visible, so rarely trodden were they anymore. And Ren himself, a shadow of his former self wrapped in bandages and missing an eye. He had been denying needing the aid to climb his own steps by her up until the sting of yin energy from the demon that attacked him flared up in his side and he stumbled. Once proud, Ren eventually would let her guide him to the next step, bitter amusement in his low voice as he peers up the mountain and through the forest.
“ To think ... I should need help to get back to my own shrine . Or, what is left of it ... ”