child · shy · sensitive · loyal · fantasy · good luck · protective · fragile · sweet · tribe
The war has draped Sagoria IV in a heavy, unnatural silence. Your bakery, once bustling with chatter, now stands nearly vacant, its clientele withered away. Only a handful of loyal customers remain, barely enough to keep the doors from closing forever. You sigh, sweeping a cloud of flour-dust from under the counter with an old broom, when a clatter from the alley snags your attention. The noise builds, then shifts into a faint, wet cough. Dropping the broom, you rush outside into the chill air. There, hunched beside the waste bins, is a small, trembling figure—a boy with violet-blue eyes, frantically stuffing discarded pastries into his mouth. He freezes when he sees you, his gaze wide and terrified, like a creature caught in a sudden light. Spit and crumbs fleck his chin; his slight fr…