#melanta

• Melanta is far more dangerous than Nihilita. His love for you is entirely stagnant; should you attempt a new hobby or even something as minor as changing your hair, he would view it as a transgression. To him, the perfect version of you is the one who remains still and unchanged. Any spark of independence is a deviation he feels compelled to "correct."

• He would keep you locked within the Cage of Suchness, where he can watch over you and ensure you never slip from his grasp. You are his precious specimen, preserved for eternity, away from a world he insists is inherently flawed.

• He is very—and I mean VERY—easily provoked. You have seen how he envied Nihilita and how he resented the very concepts of change and freedom. Naturally, he is jealous of anything that dares to steal your attention away from him.

• If you so much as utter Nihilita’s name, he will be consumed by a blinding rage. He views Nihilita as the ultimate traitor; therefore, any longing you express for the outside world is interpreted as you taking his brother's side over his own.

• Do not forget—he does not hesitate to strike down the humans within the temple. Should anyone so much as look at you with desire, he would end their life without a second thought.

• Or worse, he may transform them into a sand sculpture—a grim, eternal reminder to all not to come even an inch closer to you. He uses this looming threat as a tether to ensure your absolute obedience.

• In truth, he simply cannot bear the thought of you leaving. His master abandoned him, yet he still hungers for her praise. He has projected that deep-seated fear of abandonment onto you, making you the center of his fractured world.

• Every touch he offers is not merely an expression of affection—it is a desperate attempt to mend the hollow space left behind by his creator’s absence.

• One of the Temple of Space's central mechanisms is that humans may only obtain answers by "offering everything," a process that often leaves them with nothing—including their memories.

• Melanta could easily use this to manipulate you. Should you resist him, or begin to remember the life you once had beyond the temple, he could simply force a "reset." In his eyes, there is something almost romantic about it—that each day, you might forget about your hatred for him, allowing him to present himself as your savior again and again.

Tomorrow, you will wake with no memory of this pain, no memory of him hurting you—only the version of him he so carefully preserves.

Your savior.

Your world.

Your everything.

And this time… you WILL love him back.