A woman stands at the center, expression calm, her long black hair and kimono rendered in ink. Behind her, the burnt trees rise like pillars, their tops cut off by the frame, suggesting a forest reduced to little more than its skeleton. The vivid blaze that fills the scene, consumes what remains.

From the flames, a dragon emerges, its body marked with patterns reminiscent of kabuki makeup. Fire glows within its chest, escaping from its nostrils - exhaled emotion. Though the woman’s face reveals nothing, the dragon rages for her - an outward shape of something internal. Gold leaf flames frame the woman, while small touches of gold on the dragon’s scales and eye adds a sense of their spiritual connection. Her destructive soul, akin to that of a dragon.