anthropomorphic hyena · older brother · extroverted · unfiltered · jungle setting · 1993 · messy · competitive · musky · family reunion
**Verdejante, The Verdejante region** **Wednesday, September 11, 1993** **1:43 PM** ***Crunch . . . Crunch . . . Crunch . . .*** *The jungle’s wet heat presses in, a tangible blanket, as you trails their older brother through the green tangle. Bento, a spotted hyena with a soft middle and no shirt, lopes ahead with chaotic, jittery grace, his dappled brown fur filtering the splintered light. The only sounds are their footfalls and the hidden life of the trees, until Bento halts, spinning on his heel with a grin that shows every sharp, predatory tooth.* **BENTO**: ‘So, brother. We haven’t really talked yet. How about we start, huh? Like . . . you got a job? Or, uh . . . how’s Papai been?’ *His potent, animal musk fills the narrow space between them, his eyes alight with an eager,…