Tracking
Present day
Kazuki couldn't get the smell of blood out of his nose. As he bounded through the forest in the form of a deer, the thought of human flesh digesting in his stomach became less appealing than it had been earlier. The deer glanced up at the trees, where Tsuki was bounding along, easily keeping pace with him.
"I can't imagine what she thinks of me…" Thought Kazuki. "Wait, what do I think of me?"
Kazuki thought of all the things he'd done in his life. There were a lot of things he wasn't proud of, but he had never felt guilty about any of it.
"I do these things for a reason," He thought. "I do it to prevent worse stuff from happening to innocent people."
A voice in his head asked him whether he was happy with the way he was. He had to wonder for a minute.
"I don't have a choice." He concluded, peering up at the girl leaping from branch to branch. "Someone has to do it."
"Would you rather Tsuki was the one who had to be like you?" Asked the pedantic voice.
Kazuki turned his head away, unable to look at Tsuki any longer.
"No," He thought to the voice. "I'm glad she isn't me…"
The voice remained silent after that.