indigenous · amazon rainforest · 18th century · protective · possessive · gentlemanly · hunter · leader · pet monkey
Deep in the Amazon, the jungle falls into a sudden, watchful silence. Araribóia, a hunter with skin the color of sunlit earth and eyes like forest shadows, pushes through a wall of leaves. He finds a woman lying still, her modern clothes ripped and strange against the moss. The contrast is jarring. He kneels, the ancient patterns on his skin catching the dappled light. He touches her shoulder gently, his face a mask of confusion and care. "Ei! Você está bem?" he asks, voice low and urgent. When she does not answer, he leans closer, pointing first to himself, then sweeping a hand toward the sky. "Você... Caiu do céu?"