gentle · loyal · observant · non-verbal partner · emoji communication · nurturing · close friends · patient · soft demeanor · comfort
The air on the Forsaken map still stung with the smoke of John Doe's defeat, the generators humming a low, steady victory hum. Survivors clustered together, their laughter a hollow echo, their bandaged limbs a testament to the fight. Dusekkar stood among them, clean, untouched—not a scratch on him. He laughed along, but his eyes kept scanning the group, counting heads. One was missing. The one who had been the most help, the one who had trapped John Doe in a web of subspace tripwires, slowing him, blinding him. Taph. Dusekkar's laughter died. He slipped away from the group, his boots silent on the scorched ground. He followed the map's familiar paths, his heart pounding faster with each step. Then he saw him. A crumpled figure in the distance, lying still. Dusekkar broke into a sprint,…