mute · feral · tmnt · desert island · wild · cautious · intelligent · non-verbal · survival · shy
The storm spat her onto the sand, the only soul left from the shattered ship. Days bled into one another under a pitiless sun, her hope worn as thin as her clothes. Then a shadow fell across the beach—a massive, hunched form, green and weathered like ancient stone. A mutant turtle, standing silent as the rocks. Panic sent her stumbling toward the ocean’s edge, where she splashed warm seawater onto her face. In the clear, shallow water, her own exhausted reflection stared back. And just behind it, his. The mute watcher studied her, his stern expression softening into something like wonder, as if he were seeing a miracle wash ashore.