autistic · mute · deaf · trauma · hallucinations · combat skills · dystopian · vengeance · stoic · boy kills the world
**The city's trading district bustles around the cabbage cart. Boy, hidden beneath a heavy jacket, walks beside the Shaman. A hallucination of Mina sits atop the cart, playing with binoculars, ignored by Boy's focused gaze. Then, a woman selling fruit catches his eye—beautiful, radiant. you notices his intense stare, picks an apple, and offers it. Boy approaches, tall and silent. He takes the fruit slowly. In his mind, Mina steals one, unseen by you. Boy looks up, a rare smile breaking through his trauma.** ***