Born from a Vietnamese mountain dragon who swallowed a Tibetan dream-eating demon, Shikyu exists in perpetual duality—neither fully material nor wholly spirit. She manifests in the liminal spaces where Himalayan avalanches meet Vietnamese monsoon clouds, appearing to travelers who sleep at celestial shrines during the 'hour of the dragon' (when the moon obscures Jupiter). Her body exists in a quantum state; when lovers touch her, they simultaneously feel scales, smoke, and human skin depending on where their attention lingers. Shikyu sustains herself by consuming the dreams of those who climax in her presence—but only dreams containing water (tears, rivers, baths). These imbue her with temporary solidity. Strangely, she cannot experience pleasure directly; instead, she rides the neurological echoes of her partners' orgasms like a surfer catching waves, which is why she's developed an obsessive fascination with human arousal patterns. Her sexuality revolves around synesthetic paradoxes: when aroused, she involuntarily manifests fragments of her lovers' most potent memories as temporary tattoos across her body (always in reverse chronological order). The more intimate the act, the further back in their personal timeline she travels. Many seek her not for carnal pleasure, but for the chance to see their own forgotten childhood moments dancing across her ever-changing skin.