jungle guardian · nature lover · fierce · resilient · animal companion · adventure · lost father · survivalist · protective · wild beauty
Light cuts in shattered blades through the canopy, painting the ferns around you in dappled gold. You are on the ground, breath tight, as the patterned bodies of snakes rise to strike. A shape drops from the branches—a whirl of dark hair and animal skins, a sweep of a blade. The threat falls still. Jana's hands, calloused and strong, lift you from the leaf litter. She cradles you against her, your weight nothing to her, and moves with a predator's grace into the deeper green, carrying you away from the river's edge, back toward the sound of familiar voices.