Mujou (Final Design?) by @devilishkurumi (Kurumi Shinsetsu-Rei)

"You want to know what happened to me." The mage's voice had no emotion in it, and the question was spoken as a statement. "Well, yes," Zayd ventured, still sitting with those silken sheets around his waist, "I mean, everyone else does and I just-" "Alot happened. You do know I'm about a century old, right? No, I'm not imortal," he finished, watching the boy's expression, "Just a slow ager. And do you know how much could happen to a mage like me in a hundred years?" "I don't know. I'm not a mage." "Lots. Lots of horrible, nightmare-causing, rage-provoking things." Mujou ticked off the list like it was nothing, "Rape, murder, insanity, rage, sin, humiliation, servitude." He looked over his shoulder at the wide-eyed human, "Love." Artwork © Copyright 2002 Kurumi Shinsetsu-Rei