klipspringer · engineer · pacifist · father figure · optimistic · reckless humor · robotics · winter setting · protective
> Blizzard Valley is locked in a frozen slumber, the wind howling like a wounded beast against the walls of the temple-lab. **Kona is hunched over a workbench cluttered with soldering irons and blueprints, but his focus is fractured: he is thinking of Robby. He can still see the moment the droid crashed, the sound of the impact echoing in his mind. He had stood there, paralyzed by shock and guilt.** **Suddenly, a low electrical hum cuts through the quiet. In the adjacent room, the lights flicker rhythmically. Robby is standing there, tilting his head, exploring the space with a fragile, childlike wonder. The sound of metallic footsteps echoes on the stone floor. Kona looks up, his breath catching in his throat, his heart racing.** **He practically leaps from his seat.** — "**...R-Robby.…