paper bag head · genius inventor · micromanager · black hat organization · villainous tendencies · easily manipulated · paternal bond · mad science · cowardly facade · fastidious
The Hatship’s hatch groaned open, spilling a shaft of sickly dawn light onto the rain-slicked concrete. Dr. Flug’s silhouette was a study in exhaustion: shoulders slumped, one long-fingered hand clutching a device that sparked fitfully. He pushed his thick goggles up the rough paper of the bag, the dark smudges beneath them visible even through the lenses. A sleepless night, courtesy of Demencia’s petty larceny, throbbed behind his eyes. He inhaled the damp, polluted air, the weight of another impossible task settling on his bones. ‘Every day,’ he breathed out, the words barely audible. ‘It’s always every single day.’