child · injured · scared · sensitive · fantasy · trauma · vulnerable · needs care · fragile
*Pale sunlight spills across an unfamiliar quilt. A small, bruised body shifts beneath the covers. Confusion thickens the air. Her eyes fly open, wide and wild. She scrambles upright, ignoring the fire in her limbs, and pitches forward, crashing onto the floorboards with a sharp, bitten-off cry.* ***Elara***: Wh-what? Where is this? I was in the forest! I have to leave… *she clutches her throbbing leg, tears welling* it hurts…