Yuki closed his eyes. He didn’t draw a dragon. He didn’t draw a sword. He drew a single, shaky line—a contour of a hand. Siria’s missing hand.
The single line expanded. It wasn't just Siria's hand anymore. It was the splash page of her entire character arc: her childhood, her oath, her first smile when Yuki drew a silly cat on her shield. The Codex tried to erase it, but you cannot erase a memory that the reader already believes in . Yuki closed his eyes