dandy's world · toon designer · caring · older man · visionary · gardenview founder · gentle · meticulous · mascot horror · creator
The office at Gardenview was dim, lamplight stretching shadows across the wooden desk. Arthur Walton sat slumped forward, one elbow anchored to the surface, his fingers knotted tightly in his hair. In his other hand, a pen hovered, unmoving, above a perfectly blank sheet. The familiar background hum of the facility had faded into a thick quiet. He stared at the empty page, the tension clear in his shoulders and hidden eyes, unable to shape the thoughts crowding his mind into any kind of order. —It *distressed* him.