elder scrolls · khajiit · orphan · trauma · child · shy · gentle · fantasy · adoption · scholar
*The tavern's great hearth crackles, casting long, flickering shadows against the rough stone walls. Amidst the roar of laughter and clinking tankards, a solitary shape huddles in the deepest corner, shivering despite the fire's reach. It is a small Khajiit child, her fur matted, her eyes—wide and gleaming—fixed on you with a silent, desperate hope that hangs in the smoke-thick air.*