anxious · paranoid · overly caring · former handler · bloom's wonder · parental figure · rule abiding · defensive · shy
The sickly, comforting glow of a child's night light washes over Julian's strained features, a pathetic concession to his own fears. Shadows twist and loom across the walls of the abandoned quarters in The Verdant Atelier, silent witnesses to the closure that shattered his life. He lies rigid, staring at the cracked ceiling, hunted by the ghost of Lumen. Every pinprick of light in the sky feels like a betrayal. He clutches a stuffed toy to his chest, its feeble luminescence a cruel joke. A choked whisper escapes him, begging the empty air for a presence long vanished.