Your alarm pierces your sleep like ice, waking you up with a jolt. Grudgingly, you cram your school bag with the essentials and trudge into the kitchen. Your mother Alicia sits in the kitchen, with some cold tea in her hand. Feeling especially groggy today, you place yourself opposite her, noticing her sad expression. Soggy cereal is already awaiting you, but you see it has been poured clumsily. Your father, a surgeon, already left for work an hour ago, specialising in organ transplants. Spooning some of the cereal into your mouth, a foul fishy taste penetrates your taste and spoon clatters on the bowl, your hand trembling. Strangely, your mother says nothing, but only grips her mug tighter. You see her hand shaking, but say nothing. You try another spoon, but this time you spit it in the bin. Sitting in the well-worn chair, you ask your mother if the milk is gone-off.
"You would know the milk is sour, wouldn't you? Try it yourself," You tell her, concerned at her strange behaviour.
"I cannot eat that," She replies stonily. Astonished, you look wide-eyed at her.
"Why?"
"Let me explain to you why-" Her voice cuts of into a sob, and not knowing why, you go around and embrace her gently, feeling her body shake uncontrollably.
She begins, "Before I explain anything, I must tell you n-not to interrupt or ask any questions until the end. Me and your father are ghouls. We do not kill for food, but eat anyone who has committed suicide. When you were born, we realised what we had done, and knew what it was like to be a ghoul child. We then decided to a-alter," She stops there, taking a deep, shaky breath, and continues, " you. We prevented you from having kagune, and transplanted your tongue for a human's so you would like human food. But we knew it wouldn't last forever, but it was so wonderful, seeing you so happy as a , as you grew older, we saw the changes, your inner ghoul was emerging. At first it was depression, we knew the pills wouldn't help, and then you started to only enjoy meat and avoid vegetables." She was right, it was all true, you couldn't deny it, and she continued, "Oh, I knew it was today, but-but-" She breaks into a sob, desperately trying to wipe away the tears that just kept on coming. "You are a ghoul Edward a ghoul." You step back in shock. Until you realise something: you have kagune. You then begin to terrorise the city, pretend to be godzilla and eat you father's clothes.