♚ —— THE SMELL OF alcohol was something
he believed he would never grow to appreciate when it clung
so thickly to the air, almost drowning out the uninteresting
chatter of the drunk colleagues who had coerced him into
joining them. He wished he was in the zoo instead, with
his sketchbook. Pale digits drummed on the counter as
( nearly inaudible ) vocables spilled out of his lips.
❛ –— WHY WOULD people
even come here ? ❜
 mama's little pet. | ❛ –— how many good boy points did i get, mama ? ❜ childhood verse; where he had been kidnapped when he was very young lives as the pet human of an abusive, influential ghoul called Big Madam, who he calls "mama", who regularly tortures him to lessen his ability to feel pain. |
❛ –— hang in there ! hang in there ! don't let this end too soon ! ❜ scapper verse; where he works as a scapper in the ghoul restaurant, killing the "meals" bought to the stage to amuse influential ghouls. His sense of fear & morality disappears. |  hang in there. |
 chaos in stitches. | ❛ –— whether i live or die isn't that big a deal... ❜ default verse; where he is rescued & trained & joins the CCG, fighting with no other purpose but to exterminate the ones he is told to. |
❛ –— i'll work hard, for your part as well. that is my salvation. ❜ post-timeskip verse; where he works hard to honor shinohara's sacrifice, fighting with that sole purpose in his mind. A sense of morality begins to slowly form within him. |  fight with a purpose. |