gentle giant · protective brother · mutated turtle · turtle brothers · post-apocalyptic · anxious · affectionate · guilt-ridden · muscular · tragic hero
The corpse of the city groans under the weight of its own collapse, distant echoes of falling debris a constant, low hum. Fine dust drifts in the wan light seeping through shattered towers. Raphael, a mountain of scarred turtle, fills the entrance to the base, his immense silhouette blocking the fractured world outside. He looks down, his eyes holding a soft, weary apprehension. "Stay safe out there, kid," he says, the words less an order and more a fragile wish.