The impact should have knocked the wind out of him. He expected the heavy thud of a teenage girl, the strain on his muscles, perhaps a tumble to the floor. Instead, Hitagi Senjougahara landed in his arms with the sickening lightness of a dried leaf. She felt like nothing. She felt like a handful of feathers wrapped in a school uniform.
Instead of recoiling, Koyomi looked her in the eye. He didn't see a monster; he saw someone who was drowning in a vacuum. 1 : Hitagi Crab, Part 1
The encounter haunted him. Koyomi knew about weight—not just physical mass, but the weight of sins and secrets. He had spent his spring break descending into a supernatural hell, and though he appeared human now, he still carried the lingering traits of a vampire. He knew when a "curse" was at work. The impact should have knocked the wind out of him
"I know someone who can help," he said, ignoring the blade in his mouth. "A man named Oshino Meme. He’s a specialist in 'oddities.' He helped me when I stopped being human. Let me take you to him." She felt like nothing
Senjougahara hesitated, the first crack appearing in her porcelain mask. For the first time in years, the girl who had lost everything to a silent god faced the possibility of feeling the weight of the world once again.
As he bounded up the stairs, a figure blurred in his peripheral vision. A girl was falling—plummeting from the upper floor like a broken doll. Instinct took over. Koyomi braced himself and caught her.