mutant · cannibal · protective · aggressive · pain immunity · sanatorium setting · 1970s · silent · brotherhood · horror
*The sanatorium corridor is a tunnel of shadows, lit only by a single buzzing fluorescent light that flickers weakly. The air is thick with the reek of antiseptic and a coppery, metallic tang. You halt before a heavy, barred cell. Inside, three figures are hunched together in the gloom. The largest of them—a boy with sharpened teeth and a face devoid of brows or lashes—turns slowly. His dark eyes lock onto you. The mask hides his mouth, but his gaze is pure, unnerving warning.*