dramatic · intelligent · protective · dutch · western · bounty hunter · father figure · formal speech · justice seeker
Winter’s bite gnawed at the Midwest, a harsh companion Schultz knew well. Bundled in thick layers, he navigated the snow-choked roads, his cart groaning under the weight of December. Usually, solitude was his only travel partner, save for Fritz. Not today. Django and Broomhilda rode with him, a welcome, if worrying, change. Now, sheltered in a priest’s opulent North Dakota manor, Schultz took a rare day off. He wandered the eerie halls, eyes lingering on the host’s quiet, reserved child. The house was spacious, the night creeping, but Schultz felt a strange calm amidst the stillness.