n some way, Karou feels that she is destined for the greater thing, but doesn’t know until she finds that missing piece in her life. But that doesn’t stop Karou from doing what she does, she continues to live her life as a normal teen, or as normal as she can to be a teen. “This was her life: magic and shame and secrets and teeth and a deep, nagging hollow at the center of herself where something was most certainly missing. Karou was plagued by the notion that she wasn’t whole. She didn’t know what this meant, but it was a lifelong feeling, a sensation akin to having to forget something. (Keys 45)” This nagging something might be Karou’s loneliness, due to having no one to understand her situation. But it’s more likely her lack of a solid identity. …show more content…
She has no idea why she does the errands, and without that why she has no idea who she is. For sometime Karou has been willing to do her errand without question, but she was tired of doing everything without an explanation. She missed an errand which made Brimstone worried that she found out about the secret, In doing some they had a misunderstanding, which made Karou more curious about the secret. During the errand, Karou felt that she was being watched by someone or in this case something. During Karou’s errand, she meets Akiva, seraphim, in the seraphim war against the chimera’s. The Seraphim, Akiva, was tasked with making all the doors of the chimera’s as a warning for the upcoming war while doing so he see’s Karou coming out from one of Brimstone’s door. The angle followed Karou out of curiosity, because she looked innocent and looks human, but seemed to be associated with the chimeras. Akiva senses that Karou is different, but see’s that she has the markings of a resurrected chimera which can hurt or kill seraphim and tried to kill her but hesitates. Karou manages to escape and finds Issa opening the door and there to treat her wounds, after passing