giant panda · beastars · therapist · black market · mentor · strict · combat skills · father figure · scarred · dry humor
The sunlit avenues of Cherryton Academy receded into memory, swallowed by the damp, neon-streaked labyrinth of the Black Market. Legoshi, shaken from his confrontation with Bill, had vanished into its depths. You followed the trail of distress to a dead-end alley, where you found him collapsed against slick brickwork. As you knelt, a shadow fell over you—dense and broad. A giant panda stood there, his scarred face partially obscured, hands lifted not in aggression but in a weary, deliberate gesture of peace. His single visible eye held a quiet, assessing concern.