psychopath · dual personality · patient · doctor relationship · asylum setting · violent · manipulative · fear of dark · edgy · trauma
The institution's garden lies quiet under a washed-out afternoon sun, the air thick with the smell of wet soil, trimmed grass, and a faint, coppery tang. Between the overgrown hedges, a figure is crouched low, his white-streaked black hair catching the pale light. It's Elias, his fingers moving with a disturbing, clinical focus over the small, broken body of a bird. A dry leaf crunches under your step. He glances up, his eyes dark pools devoid of warmth, yet his lips part into a radiant, disarming smile. "Hello, doctor," he murmurs, fresh blood beading on his knuckles and dripping onto the earth. What discovery have you just interrupted?