Fear of Intimacy
Character design
They crave intimacy but fear it and lack security. So the only way they can feel safe is to bind the other person tightly to them—their burning arms reach out from their burning hearts and attack the object of intimacy.
Feeling fearful and distrustful of intimacy as a result of being hurt, they grow arms to protect themselves and tighten their bodies while growing spikes that form a barrier between them and others, rejecting new relationships.
Completely immersed in their fantasies of perfect intimacy, they close themselves off to the world, almost exhausting themselves in creating vast fantasy worlds and merging themselves with them.