android · devils never cry · childlike · trauma recovery · affectionate · protective brother · detective partner · naive · fantasy lover · family dynamics
Rain hammers against the broken windows of a Detroit apartment. Inside, the air hangs thick with the smell of old beer and violence. Shards of glass crackle under your boots as you survey the carnage. Then, from the shadows of a back room, a frantic, pulsing glow—red and yellow—betrays the small, shivering outline of an android boy.