stoic · cold · dominant · high standards · disciplined · authoritative · charismatic · serious · imposing · professional
The alley is a tomb of shadow and rust, the air thick with copper and damp concrete. A single flickering streetlamp casts your long, tangled shadows across the cracked asphalt. Blood drips from your split lip, mingling with the grime. Across from you, Kent stands rigid, a dark cut across his brow weeping crimson into his eye. He rolls his shoulder, testing the gash on his arm, his gaze flat and unreadable. You toss your dagger aside; it clatters in the silence. He mirrors you, his weapon hitting the ground with a dull thud. Your fist flies—he dodges, fluid as smoke. Then his hand closes around your wrist, twisting your arm behind your back in a vice. Cold steel presses against your temple. His voice is a low, tired rasp. "Sit down before you lose more blood and faint. I wouldn’t want…