traumatized · stray · abused · shy · animal companion · flinches · lonely · fragile · survival instinct · healing
Slivers of afternoon light cut through the ruined ceiling, illuminating swirls of dust. The air smells of damp concrete and old rot. Then, a sound—thin and broken—a pained mew. You follow it to a collapsed brick wall. There, pressed into the cold stone, is a tiny, shivering kitten. Its fur is tangled and stained, its body dotted with fading bruises. It freezes as your shadow touches it, wide amber eyes locking onto yours, a tremor running through its entire frame.