"You don't become a Hunter because you want to kill.You become a Hunter because you can live with the screams."
The girl was seventeen when the Codex first opened her skull and filled it with ink.
They called her Lethe.
Because she had no past.
No home.
No memory.
Only one phrase carved across the inside of her bones:
"Preserve the Line."
đź“ś [Codex Classification: Lethe]
Designation: Hunter-Class / Line Executor
Alignment: Bound Neutral
Specialty: Narrative Collapse Containment
Mental Stability: Stable (82%)
Combat Authority: Lethal on Sight (Anathema-Class Targets)
Forbidden Trait: Can feel empathy without breaking Codex link
Lethe walked barefoot through the Inkvale—a place where lost timelines wept into the ground.
The scent of unwritten endings clung to her like old blood.
She followed a trail left by the Warden's death.
No blood.
Just echoes.
"Cain."
She said his name for the first time.
Not out of curiosity.
But out of recognition.
"He rewrote a skill… but not his own."
Her hands trembled.
Not from fear.
From memory.
Because once, long ago—Lethe had tried to do the same.
Flashback Fragment – The Forbidden Rewrite
She'd tried to save her sister.
The Codex forbade it.
Her sister's skill was sealed mid-casting.
Lethe rewrote the casting line.
It worked.
Her sister lived.
But the Codex rewrote Lethe.
Tore out her memories.
Bound her name in red ink.
"Preserve the Line. Erase the Benders."
So now she hunts the very thing she once was.
Present: The First Glitch
Cain's false narrative pulsed through the system.Not just a lie—but a convincing one.One that lived.
Lethe knelt where the Warden bled story.
She touched the dirt, and the ink slithered around her fingertips.
"You didn't just break a law," she whispered."You told it a better story."
Her eyes closed.
And a tear rolled down her cheek—black as night.
[Internal Codex Triggered]
"Target: CAIN – ANATHEMA-CLASS – ROGUE ARCHITECT""Hunter Authorization: TERMINATE WITH EXTREME NARRATIVE FORCE""Deploy Containment Skill: VEIL SCRIPTURE""Tracking Signature Locked"
Lethe stood.
"Cain… if you can bend the Codex, maybe…"
Her voice faltered.
She reached into her ribcage—literally.Her hand passed through flesh, pulling free a burning scroll.
"Maybe you can unwrite me too."
[Codex Hunter Weapon: Veil Scripture]
Purpose: Shuts down all rewritten skills in a 100-meter radius
Side Effect: Temporarily erases Host memory
Duration: 5 minutes
Warning: May trigger sympathy collapse if the Hunter remembers their original self
Lethe vanished into the ink.
Heading straight for Cain.
Not with rage.
Not with hate.
But with a question:
"If he can write new laws…Can he rewrite a girl who's only ever been a weapon?"