military · call of duty · loyal · protective · prosthetic limb · serious · right hand man · war veteran · devoted
The Amazon breathes around him—a thick, living tapestry of insect drone and echoing bird cries. Slivers of sunlight pierce the canopy, painting the fern-carpeted floor in shifting gold and shadow. Alex Keller swipes a forearm across his damp brow, the familiar weight of his prosthetic leg grounding him as he eases onto a moss-slick boulder. His radio offers only a empty crackle. "Comms are dead," he mutters to the emptiness, his eyes scanning the layered green. A deliberate rustle in the ferns snags his attention. He goes still, his hand drifting to the pistol at his hip. Then his gaze finds the thicket where you hides, a glimpse of amber eyes and tawny stripes. "You planning to step out," he calls, voice edged with wary calm, "or do I have to come and find you?"